THE ETIOLOGY OF OCULAR TOXOPLASMOSIS IN MELBOURNE

Authors
HALL AJH RENEHAN MJ HARPER CA
Citation
Ajh. Hall et al., THE ETIOLOGY OF OCULAR TOXOPLASMOSIS IN MELBOURNE, Australian and New Zealand journal of ophthalmology, 21(1), 1993, pp. 29-30
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Australian and New Zealand journal of ophthalmology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08149763
Volume
21
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
29 - 30
Database
ISI
SICI code
0814-9763(1993)21:1<29:TEOOTI>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The biological mothers of 23 patients presenting with acute chorioreti nal toxoplasmosis had sera screened for the presence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii. Twenty-two of the mothers (96%) had positive serolo gy and one (4%) had negative serology. This is consistent with the hyp othesis that most cases of ocular toxoplasmosis are congenital in orig in, but indicates that some cases are due to acquired toxoplasmosis.