Toxoplasma gondii infection in Kyrgyzstan: seroprevalence, risk factor analysis, and estimate of congenital and AIDS-related toxoplasmosis.

• Main Authors: Gulnara Minbaeva (Author), Alexander Schweiger (Author), Aigerim Bodosheva (Author), Omurbek Kuttubaev (Author), Adrian B Hehl (Author), Isabelle Tanner (Author), Iskender Ziadinov (Author), Paul R Torgerson (Author), Peter Deplazes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: HIV-prevalence, as well as incidence of zoonotic parasitic diseases like cystic echinococcosis, has increased in the Kyrgyz Republic due to fundamental socio-economic changes after the breakdown of the Soviet Union. The possible impact on morbidity and mortality caused by Toxoplasma gond...