Congenital toxoplasma chorioretinitis transmitted by preconceptionally immune women

Congenital toxoplasma chorioretinitis transmitted by preconceptionally immune women EDITOR,-During pregnancy primary toxoplasmic infection of the mother is a well known cause of congenital chorioretinitis due to fetal contamination by Toxoplasma gondii.It is generally thought that women infected before conception have no risk of transmitting the disease to the fetus unless they are severely immunocompromised. 1 We report two children with severe ocular lesions due to congenital toxoplasmosis transmitted by preconceptionally immune mothers.