Toxoplasma gondii

Introduction: Toxoplasma gondii

Description of Toxoplasma gondii

Toxoplasma gondii (medical condition): Infection often caught from cats and their feces. See also Toxoplasmosis:
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Toxoplasma gondii: An abundant, widespread sporozoan species (family Toxoplasmatidae) that is an intracellular, non-host-specific parasite in a great variety of vertebrates. It develops its sexual cycle, leading to oocyst production, exclusively in cats and other felids; proliferative stages (tachyzoites) and tissue cysts (containing bradyzoites) develop in a wide variety of animal species that acquire the infection from ingestion of oocysts, tissue cysts from infected meat, organ transplantation or by transplacental migration, leading to infection in utero. [G. toxon, bow or arc, + plasma, anything formed]
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Toxoplasma gondii: member of the Apicomplexa, is the sole species of Toxoplasma; members of the cat family (Felidae) are the definitive hosts; many mammals and birds serve as intermediate hosts; infection is contracted by ingesting either oocysts or meat containing live organisms.
Source: CRISP

Toxoplasma gondii as a Disease

Toxoplasma gondii: Another name for Toxoplasmosis (or close medical condition association).
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Toxoplasma gondii: Toxoplasma gondii is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database: Parasitic Conditions, Zoonotic Diseases, Protozoan Conditions, Diseases contagious from food, Diseases contagious contagious mother-to-fetus, Diseases contagious from cats, Diseases contagious from animals

Symptoms of Toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmosis)

Some of the symptoms of Toxoplasma gondii incude:

• No symptoms - many infected people don't know they have it.
• Symptoms in mild cases where the immune system defeats it:
  • Mild symptoms
  • Feeling off color
  • Mild fever

See full list of 33 symptoms of Toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmosis)

Treatments for Toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmosis)

Treatments for Toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmosis) include:

• Medications
• Sulphonamides
• Pyrimethamine
• Folinic acid
• Corticosteroids

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Treatment of Toxoplasma gondii: For more treatment information about Toxoplasma gondii, see treatment of Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii)

Toxoplasma gondii: Article Excerpts about Toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by a single-celled parasite named Toxoplasma gondii. It is found throughout the world. More than 60 million people in the United States probably are infected with the Toxoplasma parasite, but very few have symptoms because the immune system usually keeps the parasite from causing illness. (Source: excerpt from Toxoplasmosis: DPD)

Terms associated with Toxoplasma gondii:

Broader terms for Toxoplasma gondii

• Toxoplasma

Source - CRISP

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