Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305073951
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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To explain: Another explanation for the observation that more people with schizophrenia had T. gondii infection.

Concept introduction: Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite. It causes the disease toxoplasmosis. Toxoplasmosis is mainly spread by cats by eating infected rodents, birds, and other small animals.

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