Ep 39 Toxoplasmosis: Calling All Cats
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The Evolution of Toxoplasma
Cats were domesticated in the fertile crescent around the same time that agricultural societies began to form there 11,000-ish years ago. This caused a major shift in the dominant transmission pattern of toxoplasmic gondii. The sylvatic cycle involves wild felids and wild rodents; the domestic cycle is the one we are more familiar with. And it's the one that has led to the huge prevalence of toxo around the world today.
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