Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by a single-celled parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. The parasite occurs worldwide and can last for long periods of time (up to a lifetime) in human bodies (and other animals).
Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by a single-celled protozoan parasite called Toxoplasma gondii, which usually affects warm-blooded animals, including humans. The infection is most commonly acquired from contact with cats and their feces or with raw or undercooked meat.
Nearly one out of every three humans on earth has a lifelong infection with the brain-dwelling parasite Toxoplasma gondii. In a new report, researchers from multiple institutions describe efforts to ...
Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan parasite, infects a third of the world's population. Working on mice, biomedical scientists report that Toxoplasma infection leads to a disruption of neurotransmitters ...
JSTOR Daily: CONGENITAL TRANSMISSION OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN DEER MICE (PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS) AFTER ORAL OOCYST INFECTION
CONGENITAL TRANSMISSION OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN DEER MICE (PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS) AFTER ORAL OOCYST INFECTION
Objective: Early diagnosis of congenital toxoplasma infection is difficult to establish using serological methods. We explored specific T cell immunity to Toxoplasma gondii antigens to identify more ...
Primary infections during pregnancy with infectious agents such as Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) or certain herpes viruses, common throughout the world, pose a serious, and fortunately rare, ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Toxoplasma Gondii infection and the association with cognitive decline
In the first response to infection, toxoplasma-specific IgG has a low affinity for the toxoplasma antigen; in the following weeks and month, IgG affinity for the antigen increases.