Toxoplasmosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Toxoplasmosis, or a subtype of Toxoplasmosis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Toxoplasmosis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Types of Toxoplasmosis:
Broader types of Toxoplasmosis:
Prevalance of Toxoplasmosis: More than 60 million in USA but few have symptoms (DPD)
Prevalance Rate of Toxoplasmosis: approx 1 in 4 or 22.06% or 60 million people in USA [about data]
Undiagnosed prevalence of Toxoplasmosis: less than 60 million; most do not have symptoms (DPD)
Undiagnosed prevalence rate of Toxoplasmosis:
approx 1 in 4 or 22.06% or 60 million people in USA [about data]
Lifetime risk of Toxoplasmosis:
Up to 80% of urban people show exposure to toxoplasmosis; most have become naturally immune.
Prevalance of Toxoplasmosis:
More than 60 million people
in the United States probably are infected with the Toxoplasma
parasite, but very few have symptoms because the immune system usually
keeps the parasite from causing illness. (Source: excerpt from Toxoplasmosis: DPD)
Complications of Toxoplasmosis:
see complications of Toxoplasmosis
Prognosis of Toxoplasmosis: Because Toxoplasma
infections usually cause no symptoms or only mild symptoms, and your
immune system keeps any remaining parasites in your body from causing
further symptoms, most people don’t need to worry about getting it. (Source: excerpt from Toxoplasmosis: DPD)
Causes of Toxoplasmosis: see causes of Toxoplasmosis
Cause of Toxoplasmosis: Toxoplasma gondii protozoa often found in cat feces, raw meat, or exposed areas.
Risk factors for Toxoplasmosis:
see
risk factors for Toxoplasmosis
Symptoms of Toxoplasmosis: see symptoms of Toxoplasmosis
Complications of Toxoplasmosis: see complications of Toxoplasmosis
Contagion of Toxoplasmosis: Usually caught from cat exposure; rare mother-to-fetus transmission of congenital toxoplasmosis; rarely from other animals or their meat.
More information:
see contagiousness of Toxoplasmosis
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Toxoplasmosis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Toxoplasmosis.
Treatments for Toxoplasmosis:
see treatments for Toxoplasmosis
Prevention of Toxoplasmosis:
see prevention of Toxoplasmosis
Research for Toxoplasmosis:
see research for Toxoplasmosis
Hospitalization statistics for Toxoplasmosis:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Toxoplasmosis:
Main name of condition: Toxoplasmosis
Class of Condition for Toxoplasmosis: parasite protozoa
Toxoplasma, Toxoplasma gondii
Toxoplasma
Source - Diseases Database
Infection caused by a parasite Toxoplasma gondii
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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