Congenital toxoplasmosis is a disease that occurs in fetuses infected with Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan parasite, which is transmitted from mother to fetus. It can cause miscarriage or stillbirth.
What is the name of the parasite that pregnant mothers pass to their fetus?
How can Toxoplasma affect my unborn child? If you are newly infected with Toxoplasma while you are pregnant, or just before pregnancy, then you can pass the infection on to your baby. You may not have any symptoms from the infection.
Can parasites pass from mother to baby?
An infected mother can transmit this disease to the fetus (congenital transmission).
Which parasite can cross the placenta?
Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous, obligate intracellular parasite capable of crossing the placenta to cause spontaneous abortion, preterm labor, or significant disease in the surviving neonate.
Which parasite is able to cross the placenta and infect the developing fetus?
About one-half of women infected with Toxoplasma can transmit the infection across the placenta to the unborn baby. Infection early in the pregnancy is less likely to be transmitted to the baby than infection later in the pregnancy. However, an early infection is usually more severe than a later one.
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