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Toxoplasmosis can cause brain damage?

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Dr. Jay Park answered

Yes: Newborns with congenital toxoplasmosis can present with meningoencephalitis, chorioretinitis, or diffuse intracranial calcifications. Reactivation of latent infection in immunocompromised individuals can result in encephalitis, brain abscess , or panuveitis.

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Answered 11/4/2018

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