In recent years, an extensive collection of Toxoplasma gondii samples have been typed
using a set of 10 PCR-RFLP genetic markers. Here we summarize the data reported until the …

Toxoplasma gondii infections are common in humans and animals worldwide.
Toxoplasmosis continues to be of public health concern. Cats (domestic and wild felids) are …

Found worldwide from Alaska to Australasia, Toxoplasma gondii knows no geographic
boundaries. The protozoan is the source of one of the most common parasitic infections in …

A majority of emerging infectious diseases in humans are zoonoses. Understanding factors
that influence the emergence and transmission of zoonoses is pivotal for their prevention …

We examine the role of the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii as a manipulatory parasite and
question what role study of infections in its natural intermediate rodent hosts and other …

Zoonotic parasites are important causes of endemic and emerging human disease in
northern North America and Greenland (the North), where prevalence of some parasites is …

The population structure of Toxoplasma gondii is characterized by contrasting geographic
patterns of strain diversity at different spatial scales: global, regional and even local scales in …

Background Primary infection of Toxoplasma gondii during pregnancy can be transmitted to
the unborn child and may have serious consequences, including retinochoroiditis …

Defining the pattern of genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii is important to understand its
worldwide distribution. During the last decades, a large number of studies have been …

Background Recent population structure studies of T. gondii revealed that a few major clonal
lineages predominated in different geographical regions. T. gondii in South America is …