Sezione di Ispezione degli Alimenti di Origine Animale, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2011 Jul;8(7):751-62. doi: 10.1089/fpd.2010.0795. Epub 2011 Apr 12.
All hosts, including humans, can be infected by any one of the three forms of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii that correspond to three morphological stages: tachyzoite, bradyzoite, and sporozoite form. Felids are definitive hosts for T. gondii, which is an intracellular pathogen that infects a wide range of warm-blooded intermediate hosts. Toxoplasmosis is a disease where the interest of the diverse medical and veterinary specialties converge. Awareness needs to be increased that toxoplasmosis can induce clinical disease not only in immunocompromised patients or through congenital infections, but also in healthy patients. This is a review article that aims at illustrating why toxoplasmosis should be regarded a veterinary public health issue and how veterinary practitioners can contribute in controlling the infection.
所有宿主，包括人类，都可能感染三种形态的寄生虫刚地弓形虫，分别对应三种形态学阶段：速殖子、缓殖子和裂殖子。猫科动物是刚地弓形虫的终末宿主，它是一种细胞内寄生虫，感染范围广泛的温血中间宿主。弓形体病是一种疾病，涉及多个医学和兽医专业的利益。需要提高认识的是，弓形体病不仅会导致免疫功能低下的患者或通过先天性感染出现临床疾病，也会导致健康患者出现临床疾病。这是一篇综述文章，旨在说明为什么弓形体病应被视为兽医公共卫生问题，以及兽医从业者如何在控制感染方面做出贡献。
