toxoplasma

Toxoplasma is a genus of parasitic protozoa whose definitive host is cats but which can be carried by the vast majority of warm-blooded ani...

The life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii has two phases. The sexual part of the life cycle takes place only in members of the Felidae family (dom...

Main article: Toxoplasmosis Behavioral modifications of the host It has been found that the parasite has the ability to change the behavior ...

Parasite Pig by William Sleator with an alien version of Toxoplasma gondii In the book and film Trainspotting, a character died from having ...

^ Dubey JP, Lindsay DS, Speer CA (1998). Structures of Toxoplasma gondii Tachyzoites, Bradyzoites, and Sporozoites and Biology and Developme...