A key strategy that many parasites use to facilitate transmission involves behavioral modification of their hosts. Toxoplasma gondii has been taken as an example for this strategy. A recent study by Boillat et al. reported that attraction to predator odor following Toxoplasma infection is not specific to felines.
Keywords: Toxoplasma gondii; behaviors; cyst burden; inflammation; predator avoidance.
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