Table 1 Clinical and biological data for T. gondii infected women and their newborns.

From: First isolation and molecular characterization of Toxoplasma gondii strains from human congenital toxoplasmosis cases in Monastir, Tunisia

Isolate

Prenatal diagnosis

Postnatal diagnosis

Post natal follow-up

Date of SC (WA)

Ultrasound

Amniotic fluid analysis

Placenta examination

Western blottingb

Serologyc at 1 yr of life IgG

Clinics

PCR

mouse inoculation

PCR

mouse inoculation

IgM

IgG

TUN001-MON1

25

N

pos

pos

pos

pos

pos WB

pos WB

+

N

TUN002-MON2

26

N

pos

pos

pos

pos

pos WB

pos WB

+

Chorioretinitis

TUN003-AHA

29

N

ND

ND

neg

pos

neg WB

id WB

N

TUN004-NEL

25

N

pos

pos

neg

neg

neg WB

id WB

N

  1. aAbbreviations: SC, seroconversion; WA, weeks of amenorrhea; ND, not done; N, asymptomatic; pos, positive; neg, negative; yr, years, b, neg WB, absence of synthesis IgM antibodies; pos WB, neosynthesis of IgG antibodies; id WB, identical profiles C, (+) increased IgG antibodies after birth; (−) decreased IgG antibodies after birth.