Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a species of parasitic protozoa in. The parasite is hosted by cats, but can be carried by many warm-blooded animals birds and mammals, including humans. T. gondii causes toxoplasmosis which is usually minor and self-limiting. Yet, it can have serious or even fatal impacts on a fetus whose mother first contracts the disease during pregnancy or on an immunocompromised human or cat...