TY  - JOUR
T1  - Toxoplasmose: Praktische fragen und ergebnisse
AU  - Fite GL
Y1  - 1966/05/09
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1966.03100190185056
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 601
EP  - 602
VL  - 196
IS  - 6
N2  - Throughout the "length and the breadth of the grizzly plain" of medical practice, toxoplasmosis is not too important, albeit dramatic when observed. The minute protozoan responsible, however, is widespread in nature. It is not known if those observed in mammals, birds, and man are of more than one species. Nor is the life cycle established. The epidemiology of infection is obscure; the mode of transmission is still a guess.Twelve authors in 12 essays have attempted here a Zusammenfassung of the numerous untied threads of Toxoplasma gondii infection in man. Naturally, the greatest attention is given to the areas of greater knowledge and greater interest. Therefore, the morbid anatomy of the encephalitis and the fine anatomy of the organism are described in detail. Greatest interest, however, centers on the extraordinary intrauterine infection which appears to derive from the latently infected but symptomless mother. Sources of postnatal infections, conjecturally related to
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1966.03100190185056
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1966.03100190185056
ER  -