A parasite that lives permanently in the brains of millions may not be as uniformly dormant as scientists once thought.

A University of California, Riverside team of scientists has found that Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite affecting up to ...

About one-third of humanity possesses a parasite concealed in the brain. Long perceived as inactive, it has recently been ...

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease that you can get from cats, contaminated food, and more. It causes symptoms similar to the flu, such as chills, fever, body aches, fatigue, and headaches. The ...

Toxoplasmosis is a common infection from the microscopic parasite Toxoplasma gondii. It appears in many species of animals, but cats are the most common that transmit the parasite to humans. Over 40 ...

Women infected with dormant toxoplasmosis are more likely to give birth to boys than women who are Toxoplasma negative, according to research published in Springer's journal Naturwissenschaften this ...

Toxoplasma gondii is an unicellular coccidian parasite with worldwide distribution. It is estimated that more than a third of the world's population has been infected with the parasite, but ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

One in 150 Australians have retinal scars caused by the Toxoplasma parasite, according to new Flinders University analysis. Eye scan showing ocular toxoplasmosis. Image: João M. Furtado With the ...

The patient was found to have Toxoplasma gondii, a parasitic infection, and died 5 months after his initial diagnosis. The 78-year-old male presented to an emergency department (ED) in Iowa with an ...