en تخصصي Special Case report Case report <p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>Introduction:</strong><em> Toxoplasma gondii</em> is an obligatory intracellular protozoan with a worldwide distribution. We reported here the cerebral toxoplasmosis in an Iranian HIV-positive patient.<br> <strong>Case report:</strong> A 35-year-old woman that hospitalized at Golestan province, in summer 2016 because of dizziness, fever, and headache. After treatment, she showed severe pain and then paralysis symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a small mass in the brain. In the previous analysis, she had shown the presence of HIV antigen using immunocytochemistry. The results of serological tests for toxoplasmosis showed toxoplasma IgG antibodies rate of 1785.6 mg/dl and toxoplasma IgM antibodies rate of 162.4 IU/ml.<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> From public health importance viewpoint, it is a necessity to educate the people about possible transmission risk of <em>T. gondii</em> through contaminated food and drink sources. Unhygienic behaviors such as close contact with stray cats and also consumption of raw or semi-cooked meat must be avoided especially in case of immunosuppressed persons such as HIV-positive patients. On the other hand, detection of HIV/AIDS patients in a community is very important due to following them up with the diagnosis tests for all opportunistic infection especially toxoplasmosis.</span><br> &nbsp;</p> Toxoplasmosis, HIV, Public Health, Food Safety 32 34 http://jfqhc.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-144&slc_lang=en&sid=1 S. Boughattas No Research Unity of Genetic (02/UR/08-03), Laboratory of Histology and Cytogenetic, Faculty of Medicine, Monastir, Tunisia R. Someeh No Research Center for Food Hygiene and Safety, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran V. Ajamein No Research Center for Food Hygiene and Safety, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran M. Sadighi No Department of General Practitioner, School of Medicine, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran J. Namrodi No Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran M. Moghateli mojtaba.moghateli@gmail.com Yes Research Center for Food Hygiene and Safety, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran