CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2022, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (2): 228-235.doi: 10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2022.02.015

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Research progress on acquired toxoplasmosis in immunocompetent individuals

ZHAO Zi-qi1(), LV Fang-li2,3,4,*()   

  1. 1. Artemisinin Research Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, China
    2. Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China
    3. Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
    4. Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease of Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
  • Received:2021-08-13 Revised:2021-11-27 Online:2022-04-18 Published:2022-04-18
  • Contact: LV Fang-li E-mail:843377801@qq.com;lvfangli@mail.sysu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(81971955);Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2019A1515011667);Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2021A1515012115);Graduate Education Innovation Plan Project of Guangdong Province(2021SFKC003);Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province(2021A0505030060)

Abstract:

Although Toxoplasma gondii infection is usually asymptomatic in immunocompetent individuals, a small part of T. gondii-infected immunocompetent individuals may have mild or even severe clinical symptoms. Using the keywords “immunocompetent” “T. gondii” “toxoplasmosis” “diagnosis” and “treatment” in the PubMed and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) search engines, the authors systematically searched the cases of acquired toxoplasmosis in immunocompetent individuals reported from 1984 to 2021. This review summarizes the clinical manifestation, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of acquired toxoplasmosis in immunocompetent individuals, to provide a reference for clinical differential diagnosis and treatment of toxoplasmosis.

Key words: Toxoplasmosis, Immunocompetent individual, Diagnosis, Treatment

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