Toxoplasmosis in pregnancy: an emerging concern for family physicians.
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Abstract
Toxoplasmosis is usually asymptomatic in pregnant women but poses a risk of severe effects on the fetus. One to eight of every 1,000 pregnant women become infected, and the infection is transmitted to the fetus in approximately 40 percent of these cases. The risk of transmission rises with increasing gestational age at the time of initial infection. Congenital infection with toxoplasmosis may lead to serious sequelae, such as blindness, mental retardation, neurologic deficits and deafness. Prevention of morbidity from toxoplasmosis depends on prevention of the infection in pregnant women, plus early recognition and aggressive treatment of maternal infections.