Toxoplasmosis stands as one of the most common parasitic infections in the world — in fact, you may even harbor the pervasive pathogen and not ever know it. More than 40 million infected people live ...

Toxoplasmosis is a common infection from the microscopic parasite Toxoplasma gondii. It appears in many species of animals, but cats are the most common that transmit the parasite to humans. Over 40 ...

As temperatures drop, outdoor cats may spend more time indoors, which calls for attention to a health threat — Toxoplasma gondii, T. gondii, also known as the “cat parasite.” This infectious agent ...

The t. gondii parasite is a type of protozoan parasite that has the potential to infect all warm-blooded mammals. Cats are the "definitive host" of this parasite, meaning they are the only hosts in ...

A new study linking toxoplasmosis infection to suicide has some health experts and feline advocates concerned that cats may suffer unfairly as a result. The study, published this month in the Archives ...

Toxoplasmosis is a flu-like disease caused by a single-celled parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. In the United States, more than 30 million people might harbor the infection. Toxoplasmosis often ...

How Are HIV and Toxoplasmosis Related? To understand how common toxoplasmosis is, you need to know how many people test positive for the T. gondii parasite. About 10% of U.S. adults have the parasite.

All pregnant women and newborns should be screened for a serious infection called toxoplasmosis (search), says one group of researchers. They say that the majority of women with the infection have no ...

Cats can elicit feelings of comfort, happiness and love. But new research suggests that our furry feline friends might also be responsible for an unexpected emotional response: outbursts of anger.