Test
Toxoplasma Antibody ,Combined (IgG+IgM)
Pathology
Summary
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite capable of infecting a wide variety of intermediate hosts including man. Infection in man is usually asymptomatic. The most common symptomatic presentation in man is Lymphadenopathy, Encephalitis, Myocarditis and Pneumonitis. Severe to fatal infections occur in immunocompromised individuals like post chemotherapy and AIDS. Transplacental transmission can occur in neonates and the severity of Congenital Toxoplasmosis is greatest when maternal infection is acquired during early pregnancy.
