title: Toxoplasmosis: epidemiology and medical importance.
abstract: Developmental stages of T. gondii are described. The recent studies on fecal transmission of T. gondii are reviewed with the suggestion explored that T. gondii is a coccidian parasite which produces an intestinal cyst previously named Isopora bigemina, the intestinal reproductive stages of which are specific for the felines. Human illness associated with this parasite is reviewed and its importance described.
authors.affiliation: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D002415:Cats; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D015047:Zoonoses