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Etymologies

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From the gundi rodent, within whose tissues the protozoa Toxoplasma gondii was first found

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Examples

  • So do we know how long taxoplasma gondii has been around?

    Brain Parasites 2007

  • A study touching on the cystic extent of T. gondii infections lost its funding at UCLA and found a place to continue crunching its numbers at Grace Memorial.

    Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

  • He infected mice and rabbits with Trypanosoma gondii, the parasite responsible for the dreaded sleeping sickness, then injected the animals with chemical derivatives to determine if any of them could halt the infection.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Cats are the most common carriers of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite, especially outdoor cats that eat rats, mice, and other raw meat.

    Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

  • A study touching on the cystic extent of T. gondii infections lost its funding at UCLA and found a place to continue crunching its numbers at Grace Memorial.

    Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

  • Cats are the most common carriers of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite, especially outdoor cats that eat rats, mice, and other raw meat.

    Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

  • A study touching on the cystic extent of T. gondii infections lost its funding at UCLA and found a place to continue crunching its numbers at Grace Memorial.

    Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

  • The Toxoplasma gondii is unusual in that it can cause behavioral changes in the host, some of which seem to aid in its reproductive cycle.

    Brain worms: one in five are infested 2009

  • On the sunny day I visited, he was explaining to me how he came to study the parasite that he carries by the thousands in his own brain: Toxoplasma gondii.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • One such species is Toxoplasma gondii, a creature that lives in undeserved obscurity.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

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