T. gondii needs cats to complete its complex life cycle, but it infects other, intermediate hosts to get there, particularly rodents.Once inside a rodent, the single-celled protozoan parasite will ...

Summary: New research highlights how parasitic infections can alter brain chemistry and behavior in humans. Toxoplasma gondii, among others, appears to manipulate dopamine and immune responses, ...

T. gondii is one of the most common infectious parasites on Earth, but it is also one of the most interesting to learn about. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. But researchers may have found a way for patients with brain disorders and a common brain parasite to become frenemies. A new study ...

Toxoplasma gondii is a single-celled parasite that people catch from cat feces, unwashed produce or undercooked meat. The parasite has infected up to one-third of the world's population, and after ...

The team collected T. gondii data (using a saliva-based assay that looked for T. gondii antibodies) from 1,495 American undergraduates majoring in biology or business, 22 percent of whom tested ...

编辑推荐： 为解决现有弓形虫（T. gondii）感染小鼠模型依赖实验室适应株、不能反映自然感染，且 III 型分离株研究稀缺的问题，研究人员开展了基于 III 型分离株 TgShSp24 卵囊感染小鼠的模型研究。结果显示该模型能模拟自然感染，且与 II 型分离株有差异。此研究为药物和疫苗测试提供了新工具 1 2 ...

本研究针对瑞士消费的野猪(Sus scrofa)肌肉组织中两种重要人畜共患寄生虫——肉孢子虫(Sarcocystis spp.)和弓形虫(T. gondii)开展系统性检测。通过分子生物学与形态学相结合的方法，首次在瑞士野猪中发现人兽共患虫种S. suihominis（检出率1.75%），并证实S. miescheriana的高流行率（91.3%）。

Researchers studying the cat-poop parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, made a breakthrough that will spare a lot of felines from research. By Ed Yong. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters. July 11, 2019.

T. gondii is the most common parasite in developed nations, according to Schizophrenia Bulletin. The cat-carried parasite can infect any warm-blooded species, ...