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Towards New Perspectives on Toxoplasma gondii reflects the range of research activities and knowledge on this significant pathogenic protozoan parasite. The book addresses important developments in Toxoplasma, and covers a variety of topics, including the development of schizont stages of T. gondii in the primary cell culture of feline enterocytes, the effects of toxoplasmosis on host behavior, personality, and cognition, the three nutrient uptake portals in Toxoplasma tachyzoites, neuro-immunopathology, and the significant role that laboratories play in the diagnosis and prevention of Toxoplasma infection. This book will be an indispensable aid to many academics and scientists.
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"Toxoplasma gondii is a globally spread protozoan parasite responsible for causing toxoplasmosis. Infection by T. gondii shows high seroprevalence in humans, especially in South America. Written by specialists, this book brings important contributions and information on parasite biology, including its life cycle, ultrastructural features of tachyzoite, bradyzoite and their main specific organelles, mechanisms of host cell invasion, parasite replication and epigenetics regulation. Moreover, the book will encompass mechanisms of pathogenesis and host immune response to the infection, including purinergic signaling, and mechanisms of immune evasion by the parasite. Finally, this book also addresses relevant aspects of disease, information about the current chemotherapy of toxoplasmosis and perspectives for a future chronic disease treatment, epidemiology, and methods for visualization of the parasite by optical and electron microscopy"--
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Toxoplasma gondii. --- Toxoplasmosis --- Infection, Toxoplasma gondii --- Toxoplasma gondii Infection --- Toxoplasma
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Toxoplasmosis is caused by a one-celled protozoan parasite known as Toxoplasma gondii. In the United States, it is estimated that approximately 30% of cats, the primary carriers, have been infected by T. gondii. Most humans contract toxoplasmosis by eating cyst-contaminated raw or undercooked meat, vegetables, or milk products or when they come into contact with the T. gondii eggs from cat feaces while cleaning a cat's litterbox, gardening, or playing in a sandbox. Approx 1 in 4 (more than 60 million) people in the USA are infected with the parasite, and in the UK between
Toxoplasma. --- Toxoplasma gondii. --- Toxoplasma --- Sarcocystidae --- Toxoplasmosis. --- Coccidiosis
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Toxoplasma gondii --- Water --- Detection --- Methodology --- Sampling --- Methodology. --- Hydrology --- Toxoplasma
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This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact
Science: general issues --- Infectious & contagious diseases --- Toxoplasma gondii --- Host-Parasite Interactions --- Secreted Effectors --- Immune Response --- Innate Immunity --- Toxoplasma gondii --- Host-Parasite Interactions --- Secreted Effectors --- Immune Response --- Innate Immunity
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Veterinary pathology --- Zooparasitology --- Coccidiosis. --- Apicomplexa. --- Toxoplasmosis. --- 576.893.192.1 --- Coccidia --- Coccidians --- Coccidida --- Eucoccidiida --- Apicomplexa --- Infection, Toxoplasma gondii --- Toxoplasma gondii Infection --- Infections, Toxoplasma gondii --- Toxoplasma gondii Infections --- Toxoplasmoses --- Sporozoa --- Sporozoea --- Apicomplexas --- Sporozoas --- Sporozoeas --- Besnoitiosis --- Besnoitiasis --- Besnoitiases --- Besnoitioses --- Coccidioses --- Coccidia. Eimeria --- Coccidia. --- 576.893.192.1 Coccidia. Eimeria --- Coccidiosis --- Toxoplasmosis
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This open access book analyzes the evidence linking Toxoplasma gondii to the increasing incidence of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in the United States. Initially establishing that infectious agents are regularly transmitted from animals to humans, lead to human disease, and that infectious agents can cause psychosis, it then examines the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii in detail. Infecting 40 million Americans, Toxoplasma gondii is known to cause congenital infections, eye disease, and encephalitis for individuals who are immunosuppressed. It has also been shown to change the behavior of nonhuman mammals, as well as to alter some personality traits in humans. After discussing the clinical evidence linking Toxoplasma gondii to human psychosis, the book elucidates the epidemiological evidence further supporting this linkage; including the proportional increase in incidence of human psychosis as cats transitioned to domestication over 800 years. Finally, the book assesses the magnitude of the problem and suggests solutions. Parasites, Pussycats and Psychosis: The Unknown Dangers of Human Toxoplasmosis provides a comprehensive review of the evidence linking human psychosis in the United States to infections of Toxoplasma gondii. It will be of interest to infectious disease specialists, general practitioners, scientists, historians, and cat-lovers.
Medicine: general issues --- Psychiatry --- Open Access --- zoonosis --- Toxoplasma gondii --- domestication --- madness --- Toxoplasmosi
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Toxoplasma gondii --- Water --- Detection --- Methodology --- Purification --- Disinfection --- Disinfection. --- Disinfection and disinfectants --- Hydrology --- Toxoplasma
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