Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Bull. World Health Organ. · Jul 2013
ReviewThe global burden of congenital toxoplasmosis: a systematic review.
To estimate the global burden of congenital toxoplasmosis (CT), which results from infection of pregnant women with Toxoplasma gondii. ⋯ Congenital toxoplasmosis poses a substantial burden of poor health globally. Toxoplasmosis should be included in future updates of the global burden of disease and the corresponding data should be used to support public health interventions to reduce disease burden.