Sentences with phrase «gondii which»

Because cats are natural hunters, they are exposed to parasites when hunting such as Toxoplasma gondii which causes toxoplasmosis.

I would also strongly recommend keeping the dog away from cat faeces because of the risk of organisms such as Toxoplasma gondii which can cause serious and sometimes fatal consequences, including hepatitis, pneumonia, blindness, and severe neurological disorders.

(LA JOLLA, CA)-- February 11, 2016 — The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) researcher Hernan Lorenzi, Ph.D., in collaboration with L. David Sibley, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine, and a team of international researchers have published a paper outlining key genetic differences in strains of Toxoplasma gondii which shed light into the biological and virulence differences between T. gondii strains and between other closely related parasites.

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Undercooked meat can contain bacteria that cause salmonella, listeria or Toxoplasma gondii, which is a parasite that can cause toxoplasmosis.

The biggest risk is toxoplasmosis which is an infection you can get from a microscopic parasite called Toxoplasma gondii.

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.

The team found that the Toxoplasma gondii parasite causes the chloride pumping system, which releases chloride irons to produce a surface liquid lining in order to prevent airborne pathogens from being inhaled, not to work.

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

In the new study, scientists built upon previous discoveries that a safe, non-reproducing vaccine strain of T. gondii could cure mice of several types of solid tumors, and identified which parasite proteins and which immunological pathways are required to break immune tolerance.

By tracking and understanding which host cell pathways are manipulated by these T. gondii proteins, scientists can identify potential new targets to develop more effective therapies against highly aggressive solid tumors.

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.

The researchers sought to explore the link between maternal infection and risk for autism, focusing on five pathogens known collectively as ToRCH agents — Toxoplasma gondii, rubella virus, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex viruses type 1 and 2 — to which exposure during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage and birth defects.

MiRNAs are transcriptionally regulated by NF - kappaB which is modulated by T. gondii GRA15 [3].

T. gondii modulates p38 MAPkinase which phosphorylates AGO influencing human miRNAs [4].

There's Toxoplasma gondii, which drives mice to seek out cats eager to eat them, and the liver fluke Dicrocoelium dendriticum, which motivates ants to climb blades of grass, exposing them to cows and sheep hungry for a snack.

And cats were the first species in which Toxoplasma gondii was found to complete its entire life cycle, albeit that Toxoplasma gondii ---- like many other parasites ---- can spread from host to host and persist for years without completing a full life cycle.

However, the cat is the ideal host for Toxoplasma gondii because it is the only animal in which this microscopic parasite can complete its life cycle.

Besides that, many cats have the toxoplasma gondii parasite, which is not filtered out by sewage treatment plants, and ends up in the ground water and eventually in the ocean.

Cats are the primary hosts of T. gondii, as they are the only mammals in which the parasite is passed through the feces.

Additionally, among the parasites detected in these commercial dog foods, after thawing them, Toxoplasma gondii was also detected, which can be particularly harmful to pregnant women and newborns.

Research has also linked T. gondii to schizophrenia, obsessive - compulsive disorder, rheumatoid arthritis, brain cancer and even children having trouble in school, according to the article, which was published in the July 9 issue of the journal Trends in Parasitology.

Members of the single - celled variety of cat parasite include Isospora, Giardia, or Toxoplasma gondii (which causes Toxoplasmosis).

But in those with weaker immune systems, infection with T. gondii can cause an illness called toxoplasmosis, which can result in miscarriages, fetal development disorders, weeks of flu - like illness, blindness and even death.

Witness, for example, a paper published earlier this year in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases, in which the authors suggest that outdoor cats pose a threat to Hawaii's state bird, the Nene (or Hawaiian goose), by spreading the parasite Toxoplasma gondii.

It's important to note that, while there are many intermediate hosts, the only creature in which Toxoplasma gondii can reproduce sexually --- the definitive host --- is a member of the cat family.

What they do have to avoid is the pathogen toxoplasma gondii, which is spread more commonly by raw and undercooked meat and can also be found in cat poo.

Cats were the first species in which Toxoplasma gondii was found to complete its entire life cycle, albeit that Toxoplasma gondii ---- like many other parasites ---- can spread from host to host and persist for years without completing a full life cycle.