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Physical and Mental Health Status in Toxoplasma-Infected Women before and 3 Years after They Learn about Their Infection: Manipulation or Side-Effects of Impaired Health?

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2017
Latent toxoplasmosis is known to be associated with specific changes in animal and human behavior and human personality. Many toxoplasmosis-associated shifts, such as an extroversion-introversion shift or a trust-suspicion shift, go in opposite ...
Blanka Šebánková, Jaroslav Flegr, Jaroslav Flegr   +2 more
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Fatal attraction phenomenon in humans: cat odour attractiveness increased for toxoplasma-infected men while decreased for infected women. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011
Latent toxoplasmosis, a lifelong infection with the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, has cumulative effects on the behaviour of hosts, including humans.
Jaroslav Flegr, Pavlína Lenochová, Zdeněk Hodný, Marta Vondrová   +3 more
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Seroprevalence and Epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii in Animals in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Area, China

Pathogens, 2021
Toxoplasma gondii belongs to the Apicomplexan protozoa—an obligate intracellular parasite—causing toxoplasmosis that has a worldwide distribution and is very harmful to both human health and the livestock industry.
Guojing Li, Wangli Zheng, Jinfang Yang, Tongsheng Qi, Yongcai He, Wangkai Chen, Hejia Ma, Yali Sun, Ying Li, Ming Kang, Jixu Li   +10 more
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Epidemiological distribution of MRI‐based presumptive imaging diagnoses in a large general population of cats with suspected epileptic seizures

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The reported prevalence of feline idiopathic epilepsy (IE) and presumptive imaging diagnoses based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) varies depending on factors such as differences between primary care versus referral study populations.
Anna Knebel, Sebastian Meller, Julien Labruyère, Holger A. Volk   +3 more
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Control of human toxoplasmosis [PDF]

, 2021
Toxoplasmosis is caused by Toxoplasma gondii, an apicomplexan parasite that is able to infect any nucleated cell in any warm-blooded animal. Toxoplasma gondii infects around 2 billion people and, whilst only a small percentage of infected people will ...
Hayward, Jenni, Hayward, JA, Kupz, A, van Dooren, Giel, Smith, Nicholas, Miller, Catherine M, Goulart, Cibelly, Hayward, Jenni A., Smith, NC, van Dooren, GG, Smith, Nicholas C., van Dooren, Giel C., Miller, Catherine M., Miller, CM, Goulart, C, Kupz, Andreas   +15 more
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Seroprevalence and Public Health Significance of Toxoplasmosis in Small Ruminants of Pastoral Community in Yabello District, Borana Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Veterinary Medicine International, 2021
Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic protozoan disease. Data on seroepidemiology of toxoplasmosis in Ethiopia is scarce, almost null in the pastoral area of the Borana zone.
Kula Jilo, Dechassa Tegegne, Sadik Kasim, Golo Dabasa, Wubishet Zewdei   +4 more
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Unraveling the impact of dog‐friendly spaces on urban–wildland pumas and other wildlife

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
As the most widespread large carnivore on the planet, domestic dogs Canis lupus familiaris can pose a major threat to wildlife, even within protected areas (PAs). Growing human presence in PAs, coupled with increasing pet dog ownership underscores the urgency to understand the influence of dogs on wildlife activity and health.
Alys Granados, Zara McDonald, Katie McPherson, David Stoner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Virulence of atypical Toxoplasma gondii strains isolated in French Guiana in a murine model

Parasite, 2019
Background. Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite of warm-blooded vertebrates. Most infections in immunocompetent patients are asymptomatic.
Simon Stéphane, de Thoisy Benoit, Mercier Aurélien, Nacher Mathieu, Demar Magalie   +4 more
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Extinction Debt Paid Off: The Demise of the European Polecat (Mustela putorius) in NE Iberia

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We studied a vanishing polecat population for a decade, until its ultimate demise, using camera trap and roadkill data, landscape descriptors and dietary and toxicological analyses.Polecat favoured farmland and avoided forests and water bodies occupied by the invasive American mink.
Salvador Salvador, Roger Puig‐Gironès, Xavier Llopart, Santiago Palazón, Miguel Clavero   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

TOXOPLASMOSIS IN CIRCUS ANIMALS

GISAP:Medical Science, Pharmacology, 2017
By immunoassay it was established that 17.20% of circus animals have antibodies against T.gondii antigens. Tigers and lions most often happen to be infected by toxoplasmosis. The infected meat and oocysts play the dominant role in infection of animals. Application of effective preparations for processing of circus equipment is necessary.
Tatyana Sivkova, Tatyana Neprimerova
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