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Diagnosis of this condition is rarely made in the simple cases and, in the more difficult ones, often only when other conditions have been excluded.

When the lymph glands are affected and associated with the red rash, glandular fever or infectious mononucleosis is often suspected. However, the specific blood tests are usually negative.

The disease may be mistaken for some other feverish illness and the diagnosis is difficult to make on clinical grounds alone, but biopsy or removal of infected tissue for examination under the microscope may show the parasite.

Although toxoplasmosis is such a common condition, serious effects from the parasite are rare. Its threat to the welfare of the foetus is its most serious complication.

If a woman has not previously come into contact with toxoplasma and picks up the infection during pregnancy, the parasite appears to be able to cross the placenta and affect the developing foetus.

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