One Health is a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort that seeks optimal health for people,
animals, plants, and the environment. Toxoplasmosis, caused by Toxoplasma gondii, is an …

The apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii was discovered a little over 100 years ago,
but knowledge of its biological life cycle and its medical importance has grown in the last 40 …

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 …

This paper reviews clinical and asymptomatic Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans and
other animals in the USA. Seroprevalence of T. gondii in humans and pigs is declining …

Key features: Written by the scientist who named this parasite and was the first to set up
proper diagnostic techniques Serves as the first ever book to provide information on the …

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 …

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 …

One-third of the human world population is infected with the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma
gondii. Recent calculations of the disease burden of toxoplasmosis rank this foodborne …

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 …

Waterborne outbreaks of Toxoplasma gondii have focused attention on the importance of
oocysts shed in the feces of infected cats. Cat feces deposited annually into the environment …