ABSTRACT
Toxoplasma gondii derives its specific name from the gundii, a North African rodent from which this protozoon was first isolated in 1908. The organism’s distribution is ubiquitous. T. gondii possesses the capacity to traverse species lines and establish infection not only in humans’ domestic animals, but in humans themselves. In the United States, an estimated 23% of adolescents and adults have laboratory evidence of infection with T. gondii.
