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n. - Infection caused by parasites transmitted to humans from infected cats.

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  • Someone with a toxoplasma infection, called toxoplasmosis, is more than twice as likely to develop schizophrenia, according to Yolken.
  • Cat waste carries a disease, toxoplasmosis, which is harmless to most people but can be deadly to anyone with a compromised immune system.
  • The disease caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii is called toxoplasmosis and has been linked to 'personality' changes in rats and mice.
  •  Infections of the fetus during pregnancy, such as toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus,
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