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From:	Dr. Doug Graham (DrGraham.vegsource.com)
Subject:	Re: Toxoplasmosis and pregnancy
Date:	March 16, 2013 at 12:48 pm PST

In Reply to: Toxoplasmosis and pregnancy posted by Augusto on March 16, 2013 at 11:19 am:

I've not heard of such a thing, no, and it runs contrary to everything I understand about this condition. Here is a brief summary from Wikipedia:

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii.[1] The parasite infects most genera of warm-blooded animals, including humans, but the primary host is the felid (cat) family. Animals are infected by eating infected meat, by ingestion of feces of a cat that has itself recently been infected, or by transmission from mother to fetus. Cats are the primary source of infection to human hosts, although contact with raw meat, especially pork, is a more significant source of human infections in some countries. Fecal contamination of hands is a significant risk factor.[2

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