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Acute toxoplasmoses in immunocompetent patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit in French Guiana.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jul 2012
Demar M, Hommel D, Djossou F, Peneau C, Boukhari R, Louvel D, Bourbigot A-M, Nasser V, Ajzenberg D, Darde M-L, Carme B
Abstract excerpt
Atypical Toxoplasma gondii strains, unrelated to archetypal clonal lineages (I, II, III), have been reported more frequently over the last decade in areas other than Europe and North America. A newly described form of toxoplasmosis, 'Amazonian toxoplasmosis' (AT), has been reported since 2002 in French Guiana. It is characterized by severe cases and atypical strains linked to a neotropical forest-based cycle. We...
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