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Toxoplasma gondii is an incredibly pervasive parasite that can infect pretty much any warm-blooded animal, taking up ...

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An 8-year-old girl in China vomited worms for a month before doctors found drain fly larvae from household water were the cause.

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Evidence that Toxoplasma can also target human male reproductive organs first ... Imaging studies of infected mice confirm that Toxoplasma parasites quickly travel to the testes in addition to the ...