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The Zoonotic Aspect of Toxoplasma Gondii in Human and Animals : A Review | ||
| Al-Anbar Journal of Veterinary Sciences | ||
| Volume 17, Issue 1, August 2024, Pages 1-10 PDF (812.57 K) | ||
| Document Type: Review Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.37940/AJVS.2024. | ||
| Author | ||
| Suha Tarik Al-Biatee | ||
| Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Toxoplasmosis is caused by the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which may infect any nucleated cell in mammals. This parasite infects over two billion individuals worldwide, and while only a tiny fraction of infected persons may develop significant disease, the parasite's ubiquity makes it one of the highly dangerous zoonotic infections in the world. This disease can cause serious encephalitis in immunocompromised persons, miscarriage or congenital malformations in the new-borns if infected during pregnancy, and significant ocular illness even in immunocompetent people. The illness has a complicated aetiology, as it is caused by the ingestion of oocysts shed in the faeces of definitive feline hosts that pollute water. In this review we demonstrated the current insight into zoonotic aspect of toxoplasmosis in humans, and animals providing a complete discussion of the environmental mechanisms via which T. gondii oocysts, and tissue cysts might infect animals and humans, such as contaminated foods, water, animals’ meat or soil. This review also included mode of transmission and preventative strategies outlining fundamental control measures for lowering the threat of oocyst direct contact, as well as chances for future collaboration and new studies possibilities targeting reducing oocysts load and tissue cyst-borne of toxoplasmosis in people, farm and wild animals. Conclusively, the infection occurs in both humans and animals, causes abortion in women and serious economic losses in animals. Transmitted to humans horzontally by injestion of food and water contaminated by oocysts, also meat of infected farm animals or vertically through placenta. Cats get infected through ingestion of intermediate host containing tissue cysts. Heating, salting, freezing and radiation are the main ways enforced to reduce tissue cysts burden in animals meat used for human consumption | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Reactive Oxygen Species; Oxidative Stress; Ovarian Function | ||
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