With a protein 'delivery,' parasite can suppress its host's immune response
Friday, January 24, 2020 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
Toxoplasma gondii is best known as the parasite that may lurk in a cat's litter box. Nearly a third of the world's population is believed to live with a chronic Toxoplasma infection. It's of greatest concern, however, to people with suppressed immune systems and to pregnant women, who can pass the infection to their fetuses.