Recent controversy about the link between cat ownership and abortion has gone viral on social media, and individuals, especially female cat owners, are becoming increasingly afraid and concerned ...

1 But some pathogens have evolved mechanisms to sneak past these defenses. Perhaps the most successful invader is Toxoplasma gondii, a single-celled parasite that establishes chronic infections within ...

The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission estimates that domestic felines annually kill at least 27 million animals in the UK.

Toxoplasma gondii is a significant (up to 80% in some human populations) opportunistic intracellular parasite present throughout the world causing severe morbidity and mortality in the developing ...

Now imagine learning that these devastating conditions could have been prevented if you took a simple test for the common parasite Toxoplasma gondii ... Most people experience mild illness ...

Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis ... but can result in severe consequences for immunocompromised ...

Additionally, species like Toxoplasma gondii live inside cells, making studying them more difficult and adding to the troubles of developing treatments. “It's really hard to separate host cell ...

In this short film Dr Michael Mosley describes the infection of household cats with Toxoplasma gondii. This infection ... kills more than half a million people per year.

By Dina Gavarieva Parasitic infections, long thought to be confined to developing countries, are a global issue that can impact anyone, regardless of geography or socioeconomic status including those ...

This disease kills more than half a million people per year ... cattle and humans to complete its life-cycle. Infested by Toxoplasma gondii. videoInfested by Toxoplasma gondii In this short ...