Toxoplasma gondii in animals used for human consumption

Food-borne toxoplasmosis in humans may result from exposure to different stages of Toxoplasma gondii, in particular from the ingestion of tissue cysts or tachyzoites contained in meat, primary offal (viscera) or meat-derived products of many different animals, or the ingestion of sporulated oocysts...

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Main Author: Astrid M Tenter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2009-03-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000200033

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