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What is a toxoplasma?

What is a toxoplasma? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any member of the genus Toxoplasma of parasitic sporozoans.
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Examples of infectious agents that can be transmitted to the fetus and have an adverse effect include rubella, cytomegalovirus, varicella and toxoplasma.
It's a topical microbicide and we found that it inhibited malaria and toxoplasma.
Other infectious agents, rarely transmitted by blood include babesia, bartonella, borrelia, brucella, the agent of Colorado tick fever, leishmania, parvovirus, plasmodia, toxoplasma and certain trypanosomes.
But healthy people who do get infected usually have no symptoms and are unaware that they may have cysts containing inactive toxoplasma in their heart, muscles or skin.
Most of those who acquire toxoplasma in utero are asymptomatic.
About 60 million people in the United States may carry the toxoplasma parasite.

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