Examples of infectious agents that can be transmitted to the fetus and have an adverse effect include rubella, cytomegalovirus, varicella and toxoplasma. |
It's a topical microbicide and we found that it inhibited malaria and toxoplasma. |
Other infectious agents, rarely transmitted by blood include babesia, bartonella, borrelia, brucella, the agent of Colorado tick fever, leishmania, parvovirus, plasmodia, toxoplasma and certain trypanosomes. |
But healthy people who do get infected usually have no symptoms and are unaware that they may have cysts containing inactive toxoplasma in their heart, muscles or skin. |
Most of those who acquire toxoplasma in utero are asymptomatic. |
About 60 million people in the United States may carry the toxoplasma parasite. |