Toxoplasmosis, caused by the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, is an
important zoonosis with medical and veterinary importance worldwide. The disease is …

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 …

Background Toxoplasmosis is becoming a global health hazard as it infects 30–50% of the
world human population. Clinically, the life-long presence of the parasite in tissues of a …

Early electron microscopy studies revealed the elaborate cellular features that define the
unique adaptations of apicomplexan parasites. Among these were bulbous rhoptry (ROP) …

Toxoplasma gondii causes fatal and debilitating brain and eye diseases. Medicines that are
currently used to treat toxoplasmosis commonly have toxic side effects and require …

The present update gives a comprehensive review of worldwide waterborne parasitic
protozoan outbreaks that occurred and were published globally between January 2004 and …

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 …

Infections by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii are widely prevalent in humans and
animals in Brazil. The burden of clinical toxoplasmosis in humans is considered to be very …

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 …

The development of simple, sensitive and rapid methods for the detection and identification
of Toxoplasma gondii is important for the diagnosis and epidemiological studies of the …