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Woman’s ‘Highly Unusual’ Pneumonia Caused by Parasite-Tainted Deer Meat
A Florida woman’s serious pneumonia that landed her in the hospital turned out to have a very strange culprit: deer meat tainted by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Though it took some time for the woman’s doctors to discover the true cause of her worsening illness, they were able to treat her in time once they…
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Humans Might Be Fuelling the Spread of a Cat-Loving, Mind-Altering Parasite
Humans could be contributing to the spread of a cat-loving, mind-altering parasite called Toxoplasma gondii, new research this week suggests. The study found that domesticated and wild cats were more likely to carry the parasite in areas densely packed with humans.
