Toxoplasmosis Parasite (Toxoplasma Gondii)
Toxoplasmosis Parasite (Toxoplasma Gondii)

Toxoplasmosis Parasite (Toxoplasma Gondii)

U.S Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) have successfully done the first test of infection with Toxoplasmosis Parasite (Toxoplasma Gondii) to find out whether a person or a pregnant woman is having swollen lymph nodes tests are positive for toxoplasmosis parasite (Toxoplasma Gondii) which developed the infection in four months.



Toxoplasmosis Parasite (Toxoplasma Gondii)


The Toxoplasmosis which is caused by the parasite known as Toxoplasma Gondii. The infection occurred by the Toxoplasmosis Parasite cause you serious health issues in you if you have compromised immune systems. Woman who are infected with this infection during her pregnancy or before the pregnancy are likely to pass on Toxoplasmosis parasite (Toxoplasma Gondii) to her unborn baby.

Toxoplasmosis parasite (Toxoplasma Gondii) is often found common in cats and in some other animals including birds. Human also have parasite. Common symptoms of toxoplasmosis parasite are swollen lymph and flu symptoms.

Little about Toxoplasmosis Parasite ( Toxoplasma Gondii)

Toxoplasmosis parasite (Toxoplasma Gondii) is the major cause of serious illness. More than 60 million people in United States are infected with Toxoplasmosis parasite known as Toxoplasma gondii. You may be getting infected with Toxoplasmosis parasite (Toxoplasma Gondii) by having uncooked or undercooked food and contaminated meet, even with it is transmitted with the cats.

“Toxoplasmosis can have serious and lasting health consequences for infants that acquire the infection in the womb. This test gives doctors an additional tool to determine if women with confirmed cases of toxoplasmosis acquired the infection before or during pregnancy.” ,” said Alberto Gutierrez, Ph.D., director of the Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation and Safety in FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health.

For diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis parasite (Toxoplasma Gondii) infection, VIDAS TOXO IgG avidity assay is used. This test is done by identifying the strength of the IgG avidity antibodies binding the Toxoplasma gondii antigens. Infection older than four months bind the toxoplasma gondii tightly. This test is used after the confirmation of infection in woman who are pregnant or people who have swollen lymph glands.