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Toxoplasma gondii is a widespread intracellular animal parasite, and one of the most widespread zoonotic pathogens in the world, infecting one-third of the population. Toxoplasmosis can cause brain and central nervous system disease, lung disease, cancer (including brain cancer), and skin disease; and has been “associated” with Alzheimer’s disease, demyelinating diseases, autoimmune disease, movement disorders, and epilepsy. Toxoplasmosis can cross the placenta to cause microcephaly and other birth defects; development of seizures, in infants; and regressive developmental disorders, in children……

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