Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that is the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, an
infection with high prevalence worldwide. Most of the infected individuals are either …

Toxoplasma gondii is known to infect a considerable number of mammalian and avian
species and a substantial proportion of the world's human population. The parasite has an …

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 gondii chronically infects a quarter of the world's population, and its
recrudescence can cause life-threatening disease in immunocompromised individuals and …

Neosporosis is a disease caused by the Toxoplasmosis gondii-like parasite, Neospora
caninum. Until 1988, N caninum was confused with the structurally similar coccidian T …

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 one of the more common parasitic zoonoses world-wide. Its causative
agent, Toxoplasma gondii, is a facultatively heteroxenous, polyxenous protozoon that has …

Key features: Written by the scientist who named this parasite and was the first to set up
proper diagnostic techniques Serves as the first ever book to provide information on the …

Protozoa found in poultry are categorized within several taxonomic groups. Of the numerous
protozoans known from chickens, turkeys, and gamebirds, only a few flourish under …

In this paper the history of Toxoplasma gondii and toxoplasmosis is reviewed. This
protozoan parasite was first discovered in 1908 and named a year later. Its medical …