Experts warn that sleeping with your cat may increase the risk of toxoplasmosis, a parasite that can infect humans without ...

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But since toxoplasmosa gondii evolved to move between rats and cats, its neurological alterations are most prominent in those creatures. “If you’re a rat, and you get infected with it, it makes it so ...

Infection with a common parasite can seriously disrupt the brain function of intermediate hosts – potentially including humans – new research has found. Even when the number of neurons affected is ...

Across the globe, many cat owners pick up a pet-linked parasite without ever knowing. In the United States alone, more than 40 million Americans are infected with Toxoplasma gondii — a brain parasite ...

When you hear the word "worm," you’ll likely think about the earthworms you find in your garden bed or under a rock you’ve moved in your yard. Worms that inhabit animals, such as dogs and cats, are ...