Chronic Toxoplasma infection modifies the structure and the risk of host behavior.
The intracellular parasite Toxoplasma has an indirect life cycle, in which felids are the definitive host. It has been suggested that this parasite developed mechanisms for enhancing its transmission rate to felids by inducing behavioral modifications in the intermediate rodent host. For example, To...
| Published in: | PLoS ONE |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0032489&type=printable |