Toxoplasma gondii infection and its implications within the central nervous system

SK Matta, N Rinkenberger, IR Dunay… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that infects a wide range of animals and causes zoonotic
infections in humans. Although it normally only results in mild illness in healthy individuals …

Epidemiology of and diagnostic strategies for toxoplasmosis

F Robert-Gangneux, ML Dardé - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
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 …

Toxoplasma Effectors Targeting Host Signaling and Transcription

MA Hakimi, P Olias, LD Sibley - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Early electron microscopy studies revealed the elaborate cellular features that define the
unique adaptations of apicomplexan parasites. Among these were bulbous rhoptry (ROP) …

Ocular toxoplasmosis: a review of the current diagnostic and therapeutic approaches

D Kalogeropoulos, H Sakkas, B Mohammed… - International …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose This review aims to summarize the current knowledge concerning the clinical
features, diagnostic work-up and therapeutic approach of ocular toxoplasmosis focusing …

Modulation of innate immunity by Toxoplasma gondii virulence effectors

CA Hunter, LD Sibley - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2012 - nature.com
Toxoplasma gondii is a common parasite of animals and humans and can cause serious
opportunistic infections. However, the majority of infections are asymptomatic, possibly …

Geographical patterns of Toxoplasma gondii genetic diversity revealed by multilocus PCR-RFLP genotyping

EK Shwab, XQ Zhu, D Majumdar, HFJ Pena… - Parasitology, 2014 - cambridge.org
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 …

[图书][B] Evolutionary ecology of parasites

R Poulin - 2011 - degruyter.com
Parasites have evolved independently in numerous animal lineages, and they now make up
a considerable proportion of the biodiversity of life. Not only do they impact humans and …

Local admixture of amplified and diversified secreted pathogenesis determinants shapes mosaic Toxoplasma gondii genomes

H Lorenzi, A Khan, MS Behnke, S Namasivayam… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Toxoplasma gondii is among the most prevalent parasites worldwide, infecting many wild
and domestic animals and causing zoonotic infections in humans. T. gondii differs …

Toxoplasma gondii Genotyping: A Closer Look Into Europe

M Fernández-Escobar, G Schares… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Toxoplasma gondii is a major zoonotic agent which may cause harmful effects mainly in
pregnant and immunocompromised hosts. Despite many efforts on its genetic …

Globally diverse Toxoplasma gondii isolates comprise six major clades originating from a small number of distinct ancestral lineages

C Su, A Khan, P Zhou, D Majumdar… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Marked phenotypic variation characterizes isolates of Toxoplasma gondii, a ubiquitous
zoonotic parasite that serves as an important experimental model for studying apicomplexan …