Toxoplasma gondii is a common parasite in humans, but exactly how it’s so good at spreading has been murky. Now scientists at Stockholm University have uncovered a sneaky Trojan horse technique that ...

An inexpensive, accurate test that detects infections with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii can provide results within 30 minutes from a finger-prick in a doctor’s office or within an hour from a small ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Toxoplasma gondii tissue cyst. A Toxoplasma gondii tissue cyst. The pathogen is one of the most common infectious parasites in ...

Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. But researchers may have found a way for patients with brain disorders and a common brain parasite to become frenemies. A new study ...

A University of California, Riverside team of scientists has found that Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite affecting up to one-third of the global population, is far more complex than previously ...

A new study identifies an extreme but effective way that brain immune cells can prevent the parasite Toxoplasma gondii from ...

Tajie Harris, PhD, is the director of the Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG Center) at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. The parasite that may already live in your brain can ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Scientists say that the most infectious parasite in the world may have infected 50% of people. Toxoplasma gondii is a microscopic parasite that people carry for life if infected.

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified a specific enzyme inside immune cells that keeps Toxoplasma gondii, one of the most common brain parasites on the planet, ...

A parasite that may already be hiding in your brain has a shocking survival trick: it can infect the very immune cells sent to destroy it. Yet most people never get sick, and new research from UVA ...

A new study of 601 older adults found that those with higher serointensity -- or a higher concentration of antibiodies -- to the cat-borne parasite Toxoplasma gondii are more likely to show signs of ...