Toxoplasma gondii (English name)

Japanese: Toxoplasma gondii(英語表記)Toxoplasmagondii
Toxoplasma gondii (English name)

…It is a zoonotic disease. The pathogen is a type of crescent-shaped protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii , measuring 2-4 μm x 4-7 μm. The definitive host is a member of the feline family, but it can also infect dogs, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, horses, and mice, and become parasitic in the tissues of these animals. …

From [Sporozoa]

...The malaria parasite Plasmodium is transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes, and the seed parasites that enter the human red blood cells undergo compound division and multiply, causing high fevers when the daughter parasites emerge from the red blood cells. There are many other types, including Toxoplasma gondii , which causes toxoplasmosis, Eimeria , which causes coccidiosis in chickens, and Nosema, which causes microbe disease in silkworms. [Minoru Imajima]...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Toxoplasma gondii" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人獣共通伝染病の一つ。病原体は2~4μm×4~7μmの三日月形をした原虫の1種トキソプラズマ・ゴンディイToxoplasma gondiiである。固有宿主はネコ科の動物であるが,ネコ以外でも,イヌ,ウシ,ブタ,メンヨウ,ヤギ,ニワトリ,ウマ,ネズミなどにも感染し,これらの動物の組織内に寄生する。…

【胞子虫】より

…マラリア原虫Plasmodiumはハマダラカによって媒介され,人体の赤血球に入った種虫は複分裂増員を行って娘虫が赤血球外にでるとき高熱を発する。このほかにトキソプラズマ症を起こすトキソプラズマToxoplasma gondii,ニワトリのコクシジウム症のエイメリアEimeria,カイコの微粒子病のNosemaなど多くの種類がある。【今島 実】。…

※「Toxoplasma gondii」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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