Toxoplasma and Toxoplasmosis

Abstract

Many mysteries still surround this ubiquitous parasite and the almost universal infection it causes. Usually an innocuous disease, toxoplasmosis in its congenital form can be devastating, causing mental retardation, ocular disease, and death in the newborn. In adults the parasite may be responsible for some forms of eye disease; individuals with impaired immunologic competence are also at serious risk.