Toxoplasma gondii is a spindle-to-oval-shaped protozoan which can be carried by many warm-blooded animals including humans. The caused disease Toxoplasmosis is usually associated with a variable degree of immunosuppression such as in pregnancy or immunosuppression due to various drugs. The cyst (30 um) and trophozoite (7 um) stages can be identified in humans is such cases. The host of T. gondii is cat and the intracellular parasite is transmitted via raw meat or by direct contact with an infected host. 0 % cross reactivity against other pathogens (Echinococcus, Schistosoma, Amoeba,Microsporidia, Macrosporidia). Reconstitute lyophilisate with 200 _l aqua bidest.

[1] Roth A., Roth B.,Höffken G., Steuber S., Khalifa K.I., Janitschke K., : Application of the Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Toxoplasmosis in Immuno-compromised Patients. Eur.J.Clin.Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 1992, 11: 1177-1181
[2] Hlobil H., Naser K., Niu A., Nötzel K., Toxoplasmose-Secreening in der Schwangerschaft-Vergleich unterschiedlicher Untersuchungsstrategien fŸr eine Stufendiagnostik. Klinisches Labor, 1993, 5: 261-273
[3] Jakob W., Henne D., Immunhistochemische Darstellung einiger Protozoen in Paraffinschnitten nach Gewebefixierung mit Formalin und Einbettung im Routineverfahren.: Verh. ber. Erkrg. Zootiere 1993, 35: 189-196c