Prevention of congenital toxoplasmosis in the Netherlands

Since no effective therapy is available to prevent manifestations of congenital toxoplasmosis, prevention is the strategy par excellence to control congenital toxoplasmosis. The World Health Organization in Europe recommended that all countries consider the possibilities of a preventive programme; the programmes in France and Austria were cited as examples of successful disease controL At about the same time the Health Council in the Netherlands recommended a trial study. In the study described here both primary and secondary prevention were applied: repeated serological control of initially seronegative women allowed assessment of the incidence of primary infections during pregnancy when primary preventive measures were emphasized. In this chapter different strategies to prevent congenital toxoplasmosis in the Netherlands will be discussed

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