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Total Authors: 3
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| Affiliation: | [1] Inst Adolfo Lutz Registro, Parasitol Lab, BR-01246902 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Inst Infectol Emilio Ribas, Dept Neurol, BR-05411000 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Div Molestias Infecciosas & Parasitarias, Serv Extensao Ao Atendimento Pacientes HIV AIDS, Fac Med, Hosp Clin, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[4] Univ Tennessee, Dept Microbiol, Knoxville, TN 37996 - USA
Total Affiliations: 4
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| Document type: | Review article |
| Source: | FUTURE MICROBIOLOGY; v. 4, n. 10, p. 1363-1379, DEC 2009. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 76 |
| Abstract | |
Cerebral toxoplasmosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected patients, particularly from developing countries. This article summarizes current literature on cerebral toxoplasmosis. It focuses on: Toxoplasma gondii genetic diversity and its possible relationship with disease presentation; host responses to the parasite antigens; host immunosupression in HIV and cerebral toxoplasmosis as well as different diagnostic methods; clinical and radiological features; treatment; and the direction that studies on cerebral toxoplasmosis will likely take in the future. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 08/09311-0 - Laboratorial diagnosis of toxoplasmosis focusing congenital and cerebral toxoplasmosis |
| Grantee: | Vera Lúcia Pereira Chioccola |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |