Toxoplasma is a genus of parasitic protozoa whose definitive host is cats but which can be carried
by the vast majority of warm-blooded animals, including humans. Toxoplasmosis, the disease it
causes, is usually minor and self-limiting but can have serious or even fatal effects on a fetus
whose mother first contracts the disease during pregnancy or on an immunocompromised human or cat.
It belongs to the phylum Apicomplexa and Toxoplasma gondii is the only known member species of the
genus Toxoplasma.
by the vast majority of warm-blooded animals, including humans. Toxoplasmosis, the disease it
causes, is usually minor and self-limiting but can have serious or even fatal effects on a fetus
whose mother first contracts the disease during pregnancy or on an immunocompromised human or cat.
It belongs to the phylum Apicomplexa and Toxoplasma gondii is the only known member species of the
genus Toxoplasma.
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