Gestational and congenital toxoplasmosis: a practical approach to disease notification

Objective: to demonstrate the experience of implanting toxoplasmosis notification during pregnancy and congenital toxoplasmosis in a Sentinel Unit (SU) and describe reported cases. Methods: this was a descriptive study of the implantation of a notification protocol using a specific notification form for suspected cases of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women and congenital toxoplasmosis in a reference center in Parana State, Brazil, from August 2013 to August 2014. Results: all 64 suspected cases were notified and case investigation was completed by the SU Epidemiology Sector; 63 received prenatal care and 51 received treatment during pregnancy; 7 of the children being clinically monitored had confirmed diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis. Conclusion: implanting toxoplasmosis notification afforded epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic data on the disease that contributed to the assessment of the clinical evolution of children exposed to Toxoplasma gondii.