A microscopic parasite that quietly settles into the brain of humans and animals is not nearly as quiet as scientists once believed. New work on Toxoplasma gondii suggests that the so‑called dormant ...

A microscopic parasite quietly infects the brains of millions worldwide. Known scientifically as Toxoplasma gondii, this tiny invader silently alters brain function without obvious symptoms. Beneath ...

A common parasite long thought to lie dormant is actually much more active and complex. Researchers found that Toxoplasma gondii cysts contain multiple parasite subtypes, not just one sleeping form.

A brain-infecting parasite carried by rats and slugs — and capable of causing neurological illness in humans — has surfaced closer to home, prompting questions about whether it could spread north into ...

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A parasite that may already be hiding in your brain has a shocking survival trick: it can infect the very immune cells sent to destroy it. Yet most people never get sick, and new research from UVA ...

Tajie Harris, PhD, is the director of the Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG Center) at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. The parasite that may already live in your brain can ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside, explains in a paper published in PLOS Pathogens how a microscopic parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, can significantly ...