Toxoplasma Gondii Infection and Toxoplasmosis in Different Species: a Review

Jinyi Li

2022

Abstract

Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by Toxoplasmosis gondii – a protozoan of important medical and veterinary significance. Its unique sexual cycle (transmission between intermediate and definitive hosts) and asexual cycle (transmission between intermediate hosts via carnivorism) make transmission and infection vary according to complex outer and inner environment. IFA, ELISA and qPCR are the mainstream detection method. In this article, the strengths and weaknesses of diverse commonly used detection approaches were compared based on their specificity and sensitivity. Though no licensed vaccines have been applied to human clinical treatment, a few potential antigens for vaccine development are discussed in this article. Overall, this article aims to summarize the knowledge on the prevalence and effects of infections with T. gondii in the most important species, including human being and livestock, and how the Toxoplasmosis is detected and treated.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Li J. (2022). Toxoplasma Gondii Infection and Toxoplasmosis in Different Species: a Review. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Health Big Data and Intelligent Healthcare - Volume 1: ICHIH, ISBN 978-989-758-596-8, pages 524-532. DOI: 10.5220/0011373300003438

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ichih22,
author={Jinyi Li},
title={Toxoplasma Gondii Infection and Toxoplasmosis in Different Species: a Review},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Health Big Data and Intelligent Healthcare - Volume 1: ICHIH,},
year={2022},
pages={524-532},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011373300003438},
isbn={978-989-758-596-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Health Big Data and Intelligent Healthcare - Volume 1: ICHIH,
TI - Toxoplasma Gondii Infection and Toxoplasmosis in Different Species: a Review
SN - 978-989-758-596-8
AU - Li J.
PY - 2022
SP - 524
EP - 532
DO - 10.5220/0011373300003438