A research study published in July of 2012 by the University of Maryland School

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A research study published in July of 2012 by the University of Maryland School of Medicine of more than 45,000 women in Denmark shows an an association of infection with Toxoplasma gondii and an increased incidence of suicide. The most common method by which people in general, not just women, contract toxoplasmosis is through .. O a bite or scratch from an infected cat O inhalation of cat feces while changing the cat box. O ingestion of water contaminated with human fecal material. O ingestion of raw vegetables exposed to contaminated soil. O ingestion of undercooked meat from an infected animal.

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Introduction to the toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that infects most species of warm-blooded animals, including humans, and can cause the disease toxoplasmosis.

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The most common method by which people contact toxoplasmosis is

Ingestion of undercooked meat from an infected animal because the infectious oocysts are shed in cat’s faeces and the only ingestion of these oocysts causes infection.

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Secondary pneumonic plague

Three types of plagues are caused by Yersinia pestis: Bubonic plague, septicemic plague, pneumonic plague. Humans usually get plague after being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the plague bacterium or by handling an animal infected with the plague.

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