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 …

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 …

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 …

Toxoplasmosis is a unique health disease that significantly affects the health of humans,
domestic animals, wildlife and is present in ecosystems, including water, soil and food …

Medium sized opossums (Didelphis spp.) are among the most fascinating mammals of the
Americas, playing important ecological roles (eg, dispersal of seeds and control of insect …

Definition Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous zoonotic parasite with an obligatory
intracellular lifestyle. It relies on a specialized set of cytoskeletal and secretory organelles for …

Brazilian quilombos are rural semi-isolated remnant communities of former black slaves and
their descendants who traditionally maintained themselves through archaic subsistence …

Toxoplasma gondii, a zoonotic protozoal parasite, is well-known for its global distribution
and its ability to infect virtually all warm-blooded vertebrates. Nonetheless, attempts to …

The study of parasites is of great relevance to primatology given their ecological significance
and their effects on primate demography, behavior, and evolution. Moreover, assessing the …

This study aimed to isolate and genotype T. gondii from Brazilian wildlife. For this purpose,
226 samples were submitted to mice bioassay and screened by PCR based on 18S rRNA …