Toxoplasma gondii/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Toxoplasma gondii.

Species of parasitic protozoa in the genus Toxoplasma, acts as a causative agent for toxoplasmosis, which can have serious or even fatal effects on a fetus whose mother first contracts the disease during pregnancy or on an immunocompromised human.

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