Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Historical perspective
- 1 Biology of toxoplasmosis
- 2 Immunology of toxoplasma infection
- 3 The epidemiology of toxoplasma infection
- 4 Infection in the immunocompetent
- 5 Toxoplasma infection in HIV-infected patients
- 6 Toxoplasma infection in immunosuppressed (HIV-negative) patients
- 7 Maternal and foetal infection
- 8 Prenatal screening for toxoplasma infection
- 9 Newborn screening for congenital toxoplasma infection
- 10 Infections in neonates and infants
- 11 Ocular infection
- 12 Laboratory diagnosis of toxoplasma infection
- 13 Antitoxoplasma chemotherapy
- 14 Toxoplasma vaccines
- Appendices: protocols for treatment and management
- 1 Suggested treatment protocols
- 2 Management of toxoplasma infection in pregnancy
- 3 Hygiene measures to prevent infection
- 4 Classification system and case definitions of Toxoplasma gondii infection in immunocompetent pregnant women and their congenitally infected offspring
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Historical perspective
- 1 Biology of toxoplasmosis
- 2 Immunology of toxoplasma infection
- 3 The epidemiology of toxoplasma infection
- 4 Infection in the immunocompetent
- 5 Toxoplasma infection in HIV-infected patients
- 6 Toxoplasma infection in immunosuppressed (HIV-negative) patients
- 7 Maternal and foetal infection
- 8 Prenatal screening for toxoplasma infection
- 9 Newborn screening for congenital toxoplasma infection
- 10 Infections in neonates and infants
- 11 Ocular infection
- 12 Laboratory diagnosis of toxoplasma infection
- 13 Antitoxoplasma chemotherapy
- 14 Toxoplasma vaccines
- Appendices: protocols for treatment and management
- 1 Suggested treatment protocols
- 2 Management of toxoplasma infection in pregnancy
- 3 Hygiene measures to prevent infection
- 4 Classification system and case definitions of Toxoplasma gondii infection in immunocompetent pregnant women and their congenitally infected offspring
- Index
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- ToxoplasmosisA Comprehensive Clinical Guide, pp. 391 - 395Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001