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==Life Stages==
==Life Stages==


  ==Tachyzoites==




  ==Bradyzoites==




  ==Sporozoites==
 
 
 




==How T. gondii Infects Host Cells==
==How T. gondii Infects Host Cells==


  ==The Invasion==


  ==Inhibiting Invasion==


  ==Infecting Neurological Tissue==
 
 
 


==T. gondii's Effect on the Brain==
==T. gondii's Effect on the Brain==


  ==Tyrosine Hydroxylase==
 


==Conclusion==
==Conclusion==

Revision as of 01:40, 21 April 2015


By [Alexander S. McQuiston]

Introduction

The left shows a bradyzoite cyst with the dense cyst wall surrounding the bradyzoites. The right shows tachyzoites inside the parasitophorous vacuole. Bradyzoites will slowly reproduce asexually in the cyst and tachyzoites will rapidly reproduce asexually CDC.




Life Stages

How T. gondii Infects Host Cells

T. gondii's Effect on the Brain

Conclusion

References