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Old May 14, 2011   #7
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100% concur cloz. Interestingly, most toxoplasmosis in Americans comes from eating contaminated meats. Almost 1/3 of us in the US have antibodies demonstrating previous exposure. Female immigrants to the US who are naive to exposure (& do not carry antibodies) & get exposed during pregnancy have the highest risk of complications to them & their offspring.

Almost seems another case in point arguing for eating that dirt while one is young & healthy.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/parasi...demiology.html
(gotta love Dr. Petri's name FTR - destiny?)

and the classic tome (for those who enjoy classic Old School "Medical Detectives"-style parasitology) -
www.jwildlifedis.org/cgi/reprint/6/4/305.pdf

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