Dangerous Parasite Gains New Attention In Battles Against AIDS, Bioterrorism

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Dangerous Parasite Gains New Attention In Battles Against AIDS, Bioterrorism - 26-12-2006, 09:02 AM

Montana State University researchers and their collaborators are gaining widespread attention for discoveries involving a common parasite that can threaten everyone from babies to AIDS patients. Toxoplasmosis is normally associated with medical advice that pregnant women avoid changing cat litter, but it's gaining new attention because of the AIDS epidemic and bioterrorism, the researchers said. Severe toxoplasmosis can cause AIDS patients to go into a deep dementia and become unconscious of their surroundings.

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