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Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. It infects most animals and causes human parasitic diseases, but the primary host is the felid (cat) family. Cats get infected by eating infected rats. Rats get infected by accidentally absorbing cat faeces. The parasite subtly alters the rat's behavior. Whereas healthy rats avoid areas that smell like cat urine, infected rats may actually seek these areas out. People usually get infected by eating raw or underco ...
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Toxoplasmosis Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.cancer.gov/
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction
- National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases
- New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center
- March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation http://www.marchofdimes.com/
- Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/index.html
- CDC National Prevention Information Network http://www.cdcnpin.org/
- Division of Parasitic Diseases, NCID, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/default.htm
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
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