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Foodborne toxoplasmosis
1991-04-01
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasmosis, a disease of mammals and birds, is caused by the obligate intracellular protozoan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii. It is believed that approximately half of the human population of the U.S. is infected and that 500 million of the world population demonstrate a positive serological reaction to the parasite. Only a small percentage of the infected individuals show symptoms; however, in immunocompromised p...
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- Literature Corpus work
- bd340855-f13f-5f40-92f1-2e269a3d3676
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1745-4565.1991.tb00063.x