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SNPs in toll-like receptor (TLR) genes as new genetic alterations associated with congenital toxoplasmosis?
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Apr 2013
Wujcicka W, Wilczyński J, Nowakowska D
Abstract excerpt
Nearly 40 % of pregnant women are infected with Toxoplasma gondii. Primary infections in pregnant women result, in approximately 30-50 % of patients, in transmission of T. gondii through the placenta to the fetus and then in congenital infections with severe, sometimes fatal course. Studies still do not provide sufficient data on the genetic bases of the immunity in fetuses, newborns, and infants with congenital...
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