The Austrian Toxoplasmosis Register for Connatal Toxoplasma Infections – Overview of 17 years prenatal screening program
AR Prusa, DC Kasper, A Pollak, E Stifter, M Hayde · Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie · 2011 · Heft 11
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Zusammenfassung
Ziel: In 1974, Austria was the first country implementing a nationwide prenatal screening to identify fetuses with connatal toxoplasma infection. The aim of the study was to report the long-term follow-up of the offspring after gestational infection. Methodik: In Austria, the routine serological screening for gestational toxoplasma infections is part of the “mother-child-booklet”, an Austrian health program. Acute infected women are treated until birth and amniocentesis is recommended. Children with connatal infection are treated for the first twelve months. Furthermore, the offspring are included in a standardi…