| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 777 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Front cover; Toxoplasma gondii; Copyright page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: The History and Life Cycle of Toxoplasma gondii; Chapter 2: The Ultrastructure of Toxoplasma gondii; Chapter 3: Population Structure and Epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii; Chapter 4: Clinical Disease and Diagnostics; Chapter 5: Ocular Disease Due to Toxoplasma gondii; Chapter 6: Toxoplasmosis in Wild and Domestic Animals; Chapter 7: Toxoplasma Animal Models and Therapeutics; Chapter 8: Biochemistry and Metabolism of Toxoplasma gondii |
| Summary |
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 0.5 and 1% of indivi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Toxoplasma gondii.
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Toxoplasma -- physiology
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Toxoplasma -- pathogenicity
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Toxoplasmosis -- diagnosis
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Toxoplasmosis -- therapy
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology.
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Toxoplasma gondii
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Weiss, Louis M.
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Kim, Kami.
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| ISBN |
9780080475011 |
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0080475019 |
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0123964814 |
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9780123964816 |
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