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1080 25 • Circulatory and Lymphatic System Infections<br />

Figure 25.29<br />

The infectious cycle of Toxoplasma gondii. (credit: “diagram”: modification of work by Centers for Disease Control and<br />

Prevention; credit “cat”: modification of work by “KaCey97078”/Flickr)<br />

Figure 25.30<br />

(a) Giemsa-stained Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites from a smear of peritoneal fluid obtained from a mouse inoculated with<br />

T. gondii. Tachyzoites are typically crescent shaped with a prominent, centrally placed nucleus. (b) Microscopic cyst containing T. gondii<br />

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