A parasite carried by billions of people worldwide often causes harmful infections during pregnancy and in immunocompromised ...

Nearly one in three humans may carry the Toxoplasma parasite. Could this hidden infection be affecting your brain and ...

Toxoplasma gondii, a.k.a. toxo, is a major cause of vision loss and other serious complications, and it may even alter people's behavior.

Most humans have long-lived infections in various tissues—including in the nervous system—that typically do not result in disease. The microbes associated with these infections enter a latent stage ...

About 1 in 3 people worldwide have been infected with a microscopic parasite called Toxoplasma gondii—or simply "toxo"—which ...

DEAR READERS: An estimated 10% of people in the U.S., and about one-third of the global population, are infected with Toxoplasma gondii: a common parasitic protozoan found in cat feces. Researchers ...

Researchers have learned why changes in a single gene, ROP18, contribute substantially to dangerous forms of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. The answer has likely moved science a step closer to new ...

But since toxoplasmosa gondii evolved to move between rats and cats, its neurological alterations are most prominent in those creatures. “If you’re a rat, and you get infected with it, it makes it so ...

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Toxoplasma gondii, a microscopic parasite that gets inside our cells, is present in about 10% of the population in the UK. But in tests on lung cancer patients, all were found to be infected with the ...

Women infected with the Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) parasite, which is spread through contact with cat feces or eating undercooked meat or unwashed vegetables, are at increased risk of attempting ...