Building Programs to Eradicate Toxoplasmosis Part I: Introduction and Overview

Mariangela Soberón Felín; Kanix Wang; Aliya Moreira; Andrew Grose; Karen Leahy; Ying Zhou; Fatima Alibana Clouser; Maryam Siddiqui; Nicole Leong; Perpetua Goodall; Morgan Michalowski; Mahmoud Ismail; Monica Christmas; Stephen Schrantz; Zuleima Caballero; Ximena Norero; Dora Estripeaut; David Ellis; Catalina Raggi; Catherine Castro; Davina Moossazadeh; Margarita Ramirez; Abhinav Pandey; Kevin Ashi; Samantha Dovgin; Ashtyn Dixon; Xuan Li; Ian Begeman; Sharon Heichman; Joseph Lykins; Delba Villalobos-Cerrud; Lorena Fabrega; José Luis Sanchez Montalvo; Connie Mendivil; Mario R. Quijada; Silvia Fernández-Pirla; Valli de La Guardia; Digna Wong; Mayrene Ladrón de Guevara; Carlos Flores; Jovanna Borace; Anabel García; Natividad Caballero; Claudia Rengifo-Herrera; Maria Theresa Moreno de Saez; Michael Politis; Kristen Wroblewski; Theodore Karrison; Stephanie Ross; Mimansa Dogra; Vishan Dhamsania; Nicholas Graves; Marci Kirchberg; Kopal Mathur; Ashley Aue; Carlos M. Restrepo; Alejandro Llanes; German Guzman; Arturo Rebellon; Kenneth Boyer; Peter Heydemann; A. Gwendolyn Noble; Charles Swisher; Peter Rabiah; Shawn Withers; Teri Hull; Chunlei Su; Michael Blair; Paul Latkany; Ernest Mui; Daniel Vitor Vasconcelos-Santos; Alcibiades Villareal; Ambar Perez; Carlos Andrés Naranjo Galvis; Mónica Vargas Montes; Nestor Ivan Cardona Perez; Morgan Ramirez; Cy Chittenden; Edward Wang; Laura Lorena Garcia-López; Juliana Muñoz-Ortiz; Nicolás Rivera-Valdivia; María Cristina Bohorquez-Granados; Gabriela Castaño de-la-Torre; Guillermo Padrieu; Juan David Valencia Hernandez; Daniel Celis-Giraldo; Juan Alejandro Acosta Dávila; Elizabeth Torres; Manuela Mejia Oquendo; José Y. Arteaga-Rivera; Dan L. Nicolae; Andrey Rzhetsky; Nancy Roizen; Eileen Stillwaggon; Larry Sawers; Francois Peyron; Martine Wallon; Emanuelle Chapey; Pauline Levigne; Carmen Charter; Migdalia De Frias; Jose Montoya; Cindy Press; Raymund Ramirez; Despina Contopoulos-Ioannidis; Yvonne Maldonado; Oliver Liesenfeld; Kelsey Wheeler; Ellen Holfels; David Frim; David McLone; Richard Penn; William Cohen; Samantha Zehar; James McAuley; Denis Limonne; Sandrine Houze; Sylvie Abraham; Raphael Piarroux; Vera Tesic; Kathleen Beavis; Ana Abeleda; Mari Sautter; Bouchra El Mansouri; Adlaoui El Bachir; Fatima Amarir; Kamal El Bissati; Alejandra de-la-Torre; Gabrielle Britton; Jorge Motta; Eduardo Ortega-Barria; Isabel Luz Romero; Paul Meier; Michael Grigg; Jorge Gómez-Marín; Jagannatha Rao Kosagisharaf; Xavier Sáez Llorens; Osvaldo Reyes; Rima McLeod

doi:10.1007/s40124-022-00269-w

Building Programs to Eradicate Toxoplasmosis Part I: Introduction and Overview

Mariangela Soberón Felín
, Kanix Wang
, Aliya Moreira
, Andrew Grose
, Karen Leahy
, Ying Zhou
, Fatima Alibana Clouser
, Maryam Siddiqui
, Nicole Leong
, Perpetua Goodall
, Morgan Michalowski
, Mahmoud Ismail
, Monica Christmas
, Stephen Schrantz
, Zuleima Caballero
, Ximena Norero
, Dora Estripeaut
, David Ellis
, Catalina Raggi
, Catherine Castro

Davina Moossazadeh, Margarita Ramirez, Abhinav Pandey, Kevin Ashi, Samantha Dovgin, Ashtyn Dixon, Xuan Li, Ian Begeman, Sharon Heichman, Joseph Lykins, Delba Villalobos-Cerrud, Lorena Fabrega, José Luis Sanchez Montalvo, Connie Mendivil, Mario R. Quijada, Silvia Fernández-Pirla, Valli de La Guardia, Digna Wong, Mayrene Ladrón de Guevara, Carlos Flores, Jovanna Borace, Anabel García, Natividad Caballero, Claudia Rengifo-Herrera, Maria Theresa Moreno de Saez, Michael Politis, Kristen Wroblewski, Theodore Karrison, Stephanie Ross, Mimansa Dogra, Vishan Dhamsania, Nicholas Graves, Marci Kirchberg, Kopal Mathur, Ashley Aue, Carlos M. Restrepo, Alejandro Llanes, German Guzman, Arturo Rebellon, Kenneth Boyer, Peter Heydemann, A. Gwendolyn Noble, Charles Swisher, Peter Rabiah, Shawn Withers, Teri Hull, Chunlei Su, Michael Blair, Paul Latkany, Ernest Mui, Daniel Vitor Vasconcelos-Santos, Alcibiades Villareal, Ambar Perez, Carlos Andrés Naranjo Galvis, Mónica Vargas Montes, Nestor Ivan Cardona Perez, Morgan Ramirez, Cy Chittenden, Edward Wang, Laura Lorena Garcia-López, Juliana Muñoz-Ortiz, Nicolás Rivera-Valdivia, María Cristina Bohorquez-Granados, Gabriela Castaño de-la-Torre, Guillermo Padrieu, Juan David Valencia Hernandez, Daniel Celis-Giraldo, Juan Alejandro Acosta Dávila, Elizabeth Torres, Manuela Mejia Oquendo, José Y. Arteaga-Rivera, Dan L. Nicolae, Andrey Rzhetsky, Nancy Roizen, Eileen Stillwaggon, Larry Sawers, Francois Peyron, Martine Wallon, Emanuelle Chapey, Pauline Levigne, Carmen Charter, Migdalia De Frias, Jose Montoya, Cindy Press, Raymund Ramirez, Despina Contopoulos-Ioannidis, Yvonne Maldonado, Oliver Liesenfeld, Kelsey Wheeler, Ellen Holfels, David Frim, David McLone, Richard Penn, William Cohen, Samantha Zehar, James McAuley, Denis Limonne, Sandrine Houze, Sylvie Abraham, Raphael Piarroux, Vera Tesic, Kathleen Beavis, Ana Abeleda, Mari Sautter, Bouchra El Mansouri, Adlaoui El Bachir, Fatima Amarir, Kamal El Bissati, Alejandra de-la-Torre, Gabrielle Britton, Jorge Motta, Eduardo Ortega-Barria, Isabel Luz Romero, Paul Meier, Michael Grigg, Jorge Gómez-Marín, Jagannatha Rao Kosagisharaf, Xavier Sáez Llorens, Osvaldo Reyes, Rima McLeod

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PROPÓSITO DE LA REVISIÓN: Revisar la construcción de programas para eliminar las infecciones por Toxoplasma.

HALLAZGOS RECIENTES: La morbilidad y mortalidad por toxoplasmosis dio lugar a programas en EE.UU., Panamá y Colombia para facilitar la comprensión, el tratamiento, la prevención y los recursos regionales, incorporando el trabajo de los estudiantes.

RESUMEN: Se revisan los estudios fundamentales para la creación de enfoques/programas regionales recientes. La introducción ofrece una visión general/revisión de programas en Panamá, Estados Unidos y otros países. La alta prevalencia/riesgo de exposición condujo a la promulgación de leyes que exigen la realización de pruebas en la gestación, la presentación de informes y el desarrollo de materiales didácticos de amplia base sobre Toxoplasma. Se comprobó su eficacia como herramientas de aprendizaje para estudiantes de secundaria, mujeres embarazadas, estudiantes de medicina, médicos, científicos, funcionarios de salud pública y público en general. La aplicación digitalizada y gratuita para teléfonos inteligentes enseñó eficazmente a las mujeres embarazadas sobre la prevención de la toxoplasmosis. Los programas de atención a la infección perinatal, la identificación de los verdaderos factores de riesgo regionales y el cribado gestacional en el punto de atención facilitan la prevención y la atención. Cuando se aplican plenamente en todos los grupos demográficos, estos programas ofrecen oportunidades para salvar vidas, la vista y la cognición, con considerables beneficios indirectos para las personas y las sociedades.

Idioma original	Inglés estadounidense
Páginas (desde-hasta)	57-92
Número de páginas	36
Publicación	Current Pediatrics Reports
Volumen	10
N.º	3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40124-022-00269-w
Estado	Publicada - sep. 2022

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Felín, M. S., Wang, K., Moreira, A., Grose, A., Leahy, K., Zhou, Y., Clouser, F. A., Siddiqui, M., Leong, N., Goodall, P., Michalowski, M., Ismail, M., Christmas, M., Schrantz, S., Caballero, Z., Norero, X., Estripeaut, D., Ellis, D., Raggi, C., ... McLeod, R. (2022). Building Programs to Eradicate Toxoplasmosis Part I: Introduction and Overview. Current Pediatrics Reports, 10(3), 57-92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40124-022-00269-w

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