Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic protozoan parasite that can cause morbidity and mortality
in humans, domestic animals, and terrestrial and aquatic wildlife. The environmentally …

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 …

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 …

Over 77 million dogs and 93 million cats share our households in the United States. Multiple
studies have demonstrated the importance of pets in their owners' physical and mental …

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 …

Giardia duodenalis isolates recovered from humans and dogs living in the same locality in a
remote tea-growing community of northeast India were characterized at 3 different loci; the …

Toxoplasmosis occurs worldwide and is considered one of the most important food-borne
parasitic zoonoses. The consumption of undercooked meat containing viable tissue cysts …

Faecal samples of 24,089 dogs were examined coproscopically in two veterinary
laboratories in Germany between March 2001 and October 2004. In 47 dogs, oocysts of 9 …

Neosporosis is caused by the protozoan parasite, Neospora caninum. Until 1988, N
caninum was confused with a closely related parasite, Toxoplasma gondii [1, 2]. Since its …