Toxoplasmosis during pregnancy and infancy. A new approach for Switzerland
| Autor: | Boubaker, K., Raeber, P.A., Vaudaux, B., Bucher, H.C., Garweg, J.G., Hoesli, I., Kind, C., Hohlfeld, P. |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Swiss Working Group on congenital Toxoplasmosis |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
Animals
Female Humans Infectious Disease Transmission Vertical/prevention & control Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications Parasitic/epidemiology Pregnancy Complications Parasitic/prevention & control Prenatal Care Prenatal Diagnosis Seroepidemiologic Studies Switzerland/epidemiology Toxoplasmosis Congenital/diagnosis Toxoplasmosis Congenital/epidemiology |
| Zdroj: | Swiss Medical Weekly, vol. 138, no. 49-50 Suppl 168, pp. 1-8 |
| Popis: | In recent years it has become evident that screening for and treatment of acute toxoplasmosis during pregnancy may have no measurable impact on vertical transmission and neonatal morbidity and mortality. A broad lack of evidence with regard to many aspects of congenital toxoplasmosis has been recognised in a common European initiative (EUROTOXO) which reviewed several thousand published papers on the subject of toxoplasmosis during pregnancy and childhood. It was therefore clear that the strategies currently implemented in our country would, on closer inspection, no longer withstand the claim for evidence-based procedures. The arguments and call for a change of paradigm in Switzerland which follow here are the result of a national consensus-finding process involving experts from various specialities, including gynaecology/obstetrics, paediatrics/neonatology, infectiology, ophthalmology and laboratory medicine, together with representatives of the public health authorities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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