Infections by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii are widely prevalent worldwide in
animals and humans. This paper reviews the life cycle; the structure of tachyzoites …

The protozoan parasite Neospora caninum is a major cause of abortion in cattle. The
diagnosis of neosporosis-associated mortality and abortion in cattle is difficult. In the present …

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 …

Immunity against the intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is highly dependent on
interferon gamma (IFN-gamma). We have previously shown that, in addition to T …

Despite their critical role in chronic toxoplasmosis, the biology of Toxoplasma gondii
bradyzoites is poorly understood. In an attempt to address this gap, we optimized …

Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite of mammals and birds that is an important
human pathogen. Infection with this Apicomplexan parasite results in its dissemination …

Stage conversion between tachyzoites and bradyzoites of Toxoplasma gondii was
investigated in vitro by using murine bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMMs) as host …

Toxoplasma gondii infects up to one third of the world's population. A key to the success of T.
gondii as a parasite is its ability to persist for the life of its host as bradyzoites within tissue …

Infectivity of bradyzoites of the VEG strain of Toxoplasma gondii was compared in cats and
mice. For this, tissue cysts were separated from brains of infected mice using a Percoll …

Tachyzoites, bradyzoites (in tissue cysts), and sporozoites (in oocysts) are the three
infectious stages of Toxoplasma gondii. The prepatent period (time to shedding of oocysts …