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Toxoplasmosis : Causes

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Causes could include:
Toxoplasmosis is found in humans worldwide, and in many species of animals and birds. Cats are the definitive host of the parasite.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 1, 2007
Healthy individuals do not usually display symptoms. When symptoms do occur, they are usually mild, resembling infectious mononucleosis, and include the following: enlarged lymph nodes muscle pains fever that comes and goes general sick feeling ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Fetuses who acquire the infection during the first trimester of pregnancy often are still-born or die shortly after birth. Fetuses who acquire the infection late in pregnancy often show no symptoms when born.Severe infections lead to seizure disor...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
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