https://saeij.com/Toxoplasmosis explained, and field guides for bench scientistshttps://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/animals/https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/animals/For pet owners, farmers and veterinarians. What Toxoplasma does to cats, sheep and wildlife, its close relative Neospora that causes abortion in cattle, and the Sarcocystis parasites behind neurological disease in horses and birds.https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/blood-tests/https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/blood-tests/What Toxoplasma antibody tests measure, what a positive IgG or IgM result means, how the avidity test dates an infection, why a "recent infection" result should be confirmed by a reference laboratory, and whether a test can reveal the strain.https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/brain-and-behavior/https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/brain-and-behavior/Does Toxoplasma change human behavior? What the rodent experiments actually show, what the human studies on schizophrenia, suicide, traffic accidents and personality found, and how much of it survives scrutiny.https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/cats/https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/cats/Cats are the only animals in which Toxoplasma completes its life cycle, yet contact with cats is not a significant source of human infection. What cats actually do, what the studies show, and what to do about the litter box.https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/eye/https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/eye/Toxoplasma is the most common infectious cause of inflammation at the back of the eye. Symptoms, who gets it, why most cases follow infection after birth, recurrences, treatment, and why South America sees so much of it.https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/food-water-soil/https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/food-water-soil/Most Toxoplasma infections come from food and the environment, not from cats. Which foods carry the parasite, why cooking and freezing work and curing does not, how oocysts get into water and shellfish, and what to do in the kitchen.https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/pregnancy/https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/pregnancy/Toxoplasmosis matters in pregnancy only when a woman catches the parasite for the first time while pregnant. How likely that is, what it means for the baby at each stage, what testing can and cannot tell you, and a short list of precautions that work.https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/strains/https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/strains/Toxoplasma strains differ enormously. A few clonal types dominate Europe and North America and usually cause mild disease. South America has hundreds of genotypes, and some cause severe illness and eye disease even in healthy adults. What is known about why.https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/treatment-and-vaccines/https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/treatment-and-vaccines/What the drugs for toxoplasmosis can and cannot do, who needs treatment, why nothing clears the dormant cysts, and why the only licensed vaccine is for sheep.https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/what-is-toxoplasmosis/https://saeij.com/toxoplasmosis/what-is-toxoplasmosis/Toxoplasmosis is an infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. About a third of people carry it without harm. It is dangerous in three situations - a first infection during pregnancy, a weakened immune system, and the eye.