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==Overview==
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Toxoplasmosis is a [[parasitic disease]] caused by the [[protozoan]] ''[[Toxoplasma gondii]]''.<ref name=Sherris>{{cite book | author = Ryan KJ; Ray CG (editors)| title = Sherris Medical Microbiology | edition = 4th ed. | pages = pp. 723&ndash;7 |publisher = McGraw Hill | year = 2004 | id = ISBN 0838585299 }}</ref> The parasite infects most [[warm-blooded]] animals, including humans, but the primary host is the felid (cat) family.  Animals are infected by eating infected meat, by ingestion of [[faeces]] of a cat that has itself recently been infected, or by transmission from mother to fetus. Cats have  been shown as a major reservoir of this [[infection]]. <ref name=Torda_2001>{{cite journal |author=Torda A |title=Toxoplasmosis. Are cats really the source? |journal=Aust Fam Physician|volume=30 |issue=8 |pages=743-7 |year=2001 |pmid=11681144}}</ref> While this is true, contact with infected undercooked meat seems to be a more important cause of human infection in many countries.
 


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Overview

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii.[1] The parasite infects most warm-blooded animals, including humans, but the primary host is the felid (cat) family. Animals are infected by eating infected meat, by ingestion of faeces of a cat that has itself recently been infected, or by transmission from mother to fetus. Cats have been shown as a major reservoir of this infection. [2] While this is true, contact with infected undercooked meat seems to be a more important cause of human infection in many countries.

References

  1. Ryan KJ; Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed. ed.). McGraw Hill. pp. pp. 723&ndash, 7. ISBN 0838585299.
  2. Torda A (2001). "Toxoplasmosis. Are cats really the source?". Aust Fam Physician. 30 (8): 743–7. PMID 11681144.



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