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toxoplpasma (Toxoplasma gondii (an intestinal sporozoan parasite of cats…

- - - - become infected after ingesting soil, water or plant material contaminated with oocysts
      - Oocysts transform into tachyzoites shortly after ingestion.
      - localize in neural and muscle tissue and develop into tissue cyst bradyzoites
      - Cats become infected after consuming intermediate hosts harboring tissue cysts
      - become infected directly by ingestion of sporulated oocysts
  - - - eating undercooked meat of animals harboring tissue cysts
      - consuming food or water contaminated with cat feces or by contaminated environmental samples
      - blood transfusion or organ transplantation
      - transplacentally from mother to fetus