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Review
. 2008 Sep;38(11):1257-78.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.03.007. Epub 2008 Apr 11.

Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans and animals in the United States

J P Dubey  1 , J L Jones
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Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans and animals in the United States

J P Dubey et al. Int J Parasitol. 2008 Sep.

Abstract

This paper reviews clinical and asymptomatic Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans and other animals in the USA. Seroprevalence of T. gondii in humans and pigs is declining. Modes of transmission, epidemiology and environmental contamination with oocysts on land and sea are discussed.

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