One way humans can come into contact with this parasite is through cat feces that contain it, but that isn't the only way. You may also come into contact with Toxoplasma gondii by eating ...

To overcome this, the team used T. gondii that expressed the red fluorophore mCherry to track the locations of the parasites. Then, they leveraged natural fluorescence from cellular respiration ...

However, T. gondii and L. monocytogenes can sneakily cross the placenta, while P. falciparum can attach to it. Scientists still don't fully understand how these infections ultimately lead to ...

She says scientists long thought that Toxoplasma gondii cysts could hide out in neurons to prevent immune recognition, but this study showed that "neurons aren't this complete refuge for pathogens." ...

Then I became acquainted with Toxoplasma gondii. In my research at the Indiana University School of Medicine, I observed how the single-celled T. gondii parasite can change the behavior of the ...

Aim 1: Understand the molecular regulation of NK cell responsiveness during T. gondii infection. Immune system instability can result in the development of autoimmunity, cancer, susceptibility to ...

My research focuses around identifying and characterizing membrane fusion modulating proteins and mechanisms used by the obligate intracellular parasites Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) and ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Taken together, these findings show that latent T. gondii infection specifically alters the behaviour of the rodent host for its own ...