Sentences with phrase «gondii infects»

One of the world's most common parasitic infections, Toxoplasma gondii infects approximately 1 out of 3 humans.

When T. gondii infects an intermediate host such as rodents or humans, it infiltrates the central nervous system and forms slow - growing cysts inside neurons where it can persist for the life of the host [4].

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The research has revealed that a receptor called «P2Y2 - R», which picks up the signals to switch on this pump, is blocked when infected by the Toxoplasma gondii parasite.

Her parasite of choice eventually became Toxoplasma gondii, which is estimated to infect one - third of humans.

An estimated 30 percent of the world's population is chronically infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii.

Cats are often infected with Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan that is passed on to other animals, including humans, via their...

Using a combination of human or specially engineered mouse cells in vitro and in vivo animal models, study senior investigator Judy Lieberman, MD, PhD; study lead investigator Farokh Dotiwala, PhD, with a team lead by the Brazilian parasitologist Ricardo Gazzinelli, DSc, DVM, found that when an immune killer cell, such as a T - cell or natural killer (NK) cell, encounters a cell infected with any of three intracellular parasites (Trypanosoma cruzi, Toxoplasma gondii or Leishmania major), it releases three proteins that together kill both the parasite and the infected cell:

This is a scanning electron micrograph of the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, tissue cyst in brain of an infected mouse.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that more than 60 million people in the United States are infected with T. gondii.

Much of his work investigates assembly of the cytoskeleton and replication of the human pathogen Toxoplasma gondii, which infects an estimated one - quarter of the world population.

Motile invaded neutrophils in the small intestine of Toxoplasma gondii - infected mice reveal a potential mechanism for parasite spread.

Toxoplasma gondii is a highly prevalent and successful neurotropic protozoan parasite that infects mammals and birds and is found nearly everywhere in the world [1], [2].

Now add in the FACT that cats» Toxoplasma gondii parasite's strange life - cycle is meant to infect rodents, thereby causing all rodents to lose their fear of cats and actually be attracted to anywhere that cats urinate.

Approximately 30 to 40 % of the world's adults have been infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii.

Cats become infected when they consume an intermediate host infected with T. gondii (i.e., containing tissue cysts).

Most cats infected with T. gondii will not show any symptoms.

In a study of southern sea otters from coastal California, conducted between 1998 and 2004, a team of researches — including Jessup and Miller — found that 36 of 50 otters were infected with the Type X strain of T. gondii, one of at least four known strains.

However, a 2005 study found that 36 of 50 sea otters from coastal California were infected with the Type X strain of T. gondii [14], a type linked to wild felids (mountain lions and a bobcat, in this case), but not to domestic cats.

Combining the results of the two studies, then, nearly three - quarters of the sea otters examined as part of the 1998 — 2004 study were infected with a strain of T. gondii that hasn't been traced to domestic cats.

Massie determined through laboratory experimentation that about two - thirds of northern anchovies who were exposed to Toxoplasma gondii oocysts became infected.

Having a cat doesn't mean you'll come down with toxoplasmosis, and it's very unlikely you would be exposed by touching an infected cat since they don't carry T. gondii on her fur.

Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a parasite carried by cats that can infect any warm - blooded mammal.

The low frequency of infected meat suggests that cats potentially were a cause for much T. gondii infection in the United States.»

While cats are the definitive host for T. gondii, research has shown that contact with cats is not a risk factor for infection and even vets are no more likely to be infected with the parasite than non-vets.

Building B, where «all experimentally inoculated [i.e., infected] cats are housed,» reported Dubey in a 1995 article published in the Journal of Parasitology, «also housed several hundred other T. gondii - infected cats over the six - year period.»

A dog infected with T. gondii from a source - cat can not.

However, one study found that 36 of 50 sea otters from coastal California were infected with the Type X strain of T. gondii [16], a type linked to wild felids (mountain lions and a bobcat, in this case), but not to domestic cats.

Toxoplasma gondii (II) T. gondii, Righthand continues, «has been shown to cause neurological damage to sea otters and other marine mammals that are exposed when heavy rainfall washes infected cat feces into the water.»

Results showed that an individual infected with T. gondii was almost twice as likely to develop schizophrenia.

Toxoplasmosis is caused by the Toxoplasma gondii parasite that can infect your cat if she or he eats prey that is contaminated with the parasite, or comes into contact with infected earth as toxoplasmosis parasites live in the soil.

She gave birth prematurely due to toxoplasmosis infection — the moose had browsed an area contaminated by «community» cats and its tissues were infected with Toxoplasma gondii oocysts.

Results showed that women infected with toxoplasma gondii, a parasite spread through cat feces, were 1.5 times more likely to attempt suicide than women who were not infected.