Toxoplasma gondii has the capacity to infect any warm-blooded animal. The parasite circulates in nature primarily in three infectious stages: the tachyzoite, the bradyzoite (with the capacity to form ...
The development of sporozoites to tachyzoites and bradyzoites was studied in mice after feeding 1-7.5 x 107 Toxoplasma gondii oocysts. Within 2 hr after inoculation (HAI), sporozoites had excysted and ...