The cat is out of the bag: How parasites know their hosts.
Toxoplasma gondii is a remarkably successful protozoan parasite that infects a third of the human population, along with most mammals and birds. However, the sexual portion of the parasite's life cycle is narrowly limited to cats. How parasites distinguish between hosts has long been a mystery....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-09-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000446 |