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Routes of transmission for T. gondii. a: feline-specific host (a cat). b: Cat feces contain unsporulated oocysts, that have been sporulated in food. c: shrubs. d: Intermediate hosts may consume oocyst. e: host intermediate. f: consumption of tissue cysts found in raw beef. Host intermediate (human) .Tachyzoites spread to the fetus through the placenta. I: Transmission via organ donation and blood transfusion (j)

Routes of transmission for T. gondii. a: feline-specific host (a cat). b: Cat feces contain unsporulated oocysts, that have been sporulated in food. c: shrubs. d: Intermediate hosts may consume oocyst. e: host intermediate. f: consumption of tissue cysts found in raw beef. Host intermediate (human) .Tachyzoites spread to the fetus through the placenta. I: Transmission via organ donation and blood transfusion (j)

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... gondii goes through two stages in its life: the sexual phase or the enter epithelial cycle, which occurs in cats only; and the asexual phase, or the extraintestial cycle, which occurs in cats and intermediate hosts of mammals, including humans and birds as shown in fig.(1) 3, 4 ...

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