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Ocular Toxoplasmosis: More Than Just What Meets the Eye*
1 Apr 2002
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular parasite whose life cycle may include the man as an intermediate host. Close to a billion people are infected with this parasite worldwide. Ocular lesions may occur in up to 25% of those individuals infected. The infection may occur intra-uterus, through the placenta when the mother is infected during pregnancy. The parasite may also infect adults after the ingestion of...
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