Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite of birds and mammals. Cats are the only definitive host and
thus the only source of infective oocysts, but other mammals and birds can develop tissue …

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 …

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 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 …

Toxoplasma gondii has a complex life cycle with multiple forms. Intermediate hosts such as
humans are infected by sporozoites in oocysts or bradyzoites in pseudocysts whereas the …

Background Toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis appears to be more severe in Brazil, where it is a
leading cause of blindness, than in Europe, but direct comparisons are lacking. Evidence is …

We report the genotyping analysis of Toxoplasma gondii isolates in samples collected from
88 immunocompromised patients, along with clinical and epidemiological data. Most of …

In a cross sectional study, 19 French and 23 Colombian cases of confirmed active ocular
toxoplasmosis (OT) were evaluated. The objective was to compare clinical, parasitological …

Recent population studies revealed that a few major clonal lineages of Toxoplasma gondii
dominate in different geographical regions. The Type II and III lineages are widespread in all …