AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ON KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS FOR JOEF UNIVERSITY BIOLOGY STUDENTS ON CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS, SAUDI ARABIA

Author

Biology Department, College of Science, Jouf University, P.O. Box 2014, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia, and Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science (Girls), Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii is a worldwide zoonotic protozoan parasite of that infects species of warm-blo
oded animals and birds, including humans. Infection can occur by ingestion of oocysts dropped from 
cats, ingestion of tissue cysts, Blood transfusion or organ transplants, and Transplacental transmission. 
Congenital toxoplasmosis is widely recognized public health problem due to the devastating results it 
can have on the unborn fetus including miscarriage, mental retardation, visual, and hearing problems. 

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