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ToxoplasmosisQA.sPubDate = "1/7/2005 8:59:54 PM GMT";
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ToxoplasmosisQA.appHeader = "Q & A|Toxoplasmosis";
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ToxoplasmosisQA[i++] = new Array("","What is toxoplasmosis?","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ToxoplasmosisQA[i-1].body = "Toxoplasmosis is an infection by a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. More than 60 million people in the United States probably carry the parasite, but very few have symptoms because the immune system keeps it in check. However, the infection can be transmitted from a pregnant mother to her unborn child and can lead to miscarriage or birth defects.";

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ToxoplasmosisQA[i-1].body = "<li>Ingesting raw or partly cooked meat, especially pork, lamb or venison, or by touching your mouth after handling uncooked meat.<br><li>Ingesting contaminated cat feces. This can happen if a person touches their mouth after gardening, cleaning a cat's litter box, or touching something that had contact with infected cat feces.";

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ToxoplasmosisQA[i-1].body = "<li>Infants born to mothers who became infected for the first time during or just before pregnancy.<br><li>People with weak immune systems, such as people with AIDS.";

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ToxoplasmosisQA[i-1].body = "People may have flu-like symptoms, swollen lymph glands, or muscle aches and pains that last a month or more. Most people with toxoplasmosis don't know they have it. And most infants who are infected while in the womb have no symptoms at birth, but may develop symptoms later in life.";

ToxoplasmosisQA[i++] = new Array("","How is it diagnosed?","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ToxoplasmosisQA[i-1].body = "A health care provider can order a blood test.";

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ToxoplasmosisQA[i-1].body = "<li>Wear gloves when gardening or changing the litter box. And wash your hands well with soap and water, especially before and after preparing food.<br><li>Wash any cutting boards, sinks, knives and other utensils that may have touched raw meat with soap and hot water. And wash your hands well after handling raw meat.<br><li>Cook meat thoroughly and do not taste meat before it is fully cooked.";

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ToxoplasmosisQA[i-1].body = "Yes. The most common way toxoplasmosis is transmitted is through uncooked, raw meat. If your cat has been infected and treated in the past, the cat will most likely not become infectious again. To reduce the risk of your cat becoming infected, follow these guidelines:<br><ul><li>Keep the cat indoors. Cats can become infected after eating contaminated prey.<br><li>Feed your pet dry or canned cat food.<br><li>Don't bring a new cat home that may have spent time outside or eaten raw meat.<br><li>Ask another family member to clean the cat's litter box daily. If that's not possible, wear gloves.<br><li>One way or another, clean the litter box daily. The parasite found in cat feces needs one to five days after being passed to become infectious.<br><li>Always wash your hands with soap and water after cleaning the litter box.</ul>";

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