Toxoplasma in animals, food, and humans : an old parasite of new concern
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Cenci-Goga, Beniamino T.
Rossitto, Paul V.
Sechi, Paola
McCrindle, Cheryl Myra Ethelwyn
Cullor, James S.
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Mary Ann Liebert
Abstract
All hosts, including humans, can be infected by any one of the three forms of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii that
correspond to three morphological stages: tachyzoite, bradyzoite, and sporozoite form. Felids are definitive
hosts for T. gondii, which is an intracellular pathogen that infects a wide range of warm-blooded intermediate
hosts. Toxoplasmosis is a disease where the interest of the diverse medical and veterinary specialties converge.
Awareness needs to be increased that toxoplasmosis can induce clinical disease not only in immunocompromised
patients or through congenital infections, but also in healthy patients. This is a review article that aims at
illustrating why toxoplasmosis should be regarded a veterinary public health issue and how veterinary practitioners
can contribute in controlling the infection.
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Toxoplasma, Animals, food, and humans
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Cenci-Goga, BT, Rossitto, PV, Sechi, P, McCrindle, CME & Cullor, JS 2011, 'Toxoplasma in animals, food, and humans : an old parasite of new concern', Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 751-762.