Toxoplasma gondii: from animals to humans

AM Tenter, AR Heckeroth, LM Weiss - International journal for parasitology, 2000 - Elsevier
Toxoplasmosis is one of the more common parasitic zoonoses world-wide. Its causative
agent, Toxoplasma gondii, is a facultatively heteroxenous, polyxenous protozoon that has …

Waterborne toxoplasmosis–recent developments

JL Jones, JP Dubey - Experimental parasitology, 2010 - Elsevier
Humans become infected with Toxoplasma gondii mainly by ingesting uncooked meat
containing viable tissue cysts or by ingesting food or water contaminated with oocysts from …

Cats and Toxoplasma: Implications for Public Health

HA Dabritz, PA Conrad - Zoonoses and public health, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Cats are popular as pets worldwide because they are easy to care for and provide
companionship that enriches the lives of human beings. Little attention has been focused on …

Toxoplasmosis: beyond animals to humans

Y Sukthana - TRENDS in Parasitology, 2006 - cell.com
The parasitic zoonosis toxoplasmosis, which was poorly understood before the advent of the
HIV epidemic, has become a major clinical problem worldwide. Humans acquire …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of Toxoplasma gondii infection among the Mexican population

ML Galvan-Ramirez, R Troyo, S Roman… - Parasites & vectors, 2012 - Springer
Background Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii and at least one-
third of the world's population has detectable T. gondii antibodies. The seroprevalence of T …

Toxoplasmosis in Mexico: epidemiological situation in humans and animals

I Hernandez-Cortazar, KY Acosta-Viana… - Revista do Instituto de …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease widely distributed throughout the world, infecting a
wide variety of animal species including humans. In Mexico, this parasite has been detected …

The effect of mating method and mating season on the number of puppies and determination of some reproductive parameters in Pomeranian dogs

MF Özmen - Journal of Istanbul Veterinary Sciences, 2022 - dergipark.org.tr
In the present study, the 3-year breeding behavior of the parent dogs in a Pomeranian farm
was followed, and the effects of season and insemination method on their reproductive …

Frequency of Toxoplasma gondii and Risk Factors Associated with the Infection in Stray Dogs and Cats of Panama

L Fábrega, CM Restrepo, A Torres, D Smith, P Chan… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Stray animals such as dogs and cats have an important role in maintaining the transmission
cycles and dissemination of Toxoplasma gondii. Therefore, the objective of this study was to …

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in feral cats in Qatar

S Boughattas, J Behnke, A Sharma… - BMC Veterinary …, 2016 - Springer
Background Cats are essential in the life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii as they can shed the
environmentally resistant oocysts after acquiring infection. Human populations living in cities …

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Domestic Cats from the Tropics of Mexico Using Serological and Molecular Tests

VJ Castillo-Morales, KY Acosta Viana… - Interdisciplinary …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with
Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic cats using an indirect‐ELISA (IgM and IgG) and …