Years ago I attended a lecture on Toxoplasmosis gondii. Intriguing (unattributed) points made by the scientist: 1) there's a higher prevalance of infection in c

Years ago I attended a lecture on Toxoplasmosis gondii. Intriguing (unattributed) points made by the scientist: 1) there's a higher prevalance of infection in car crash victims than control 2) by hijacking dendritic cells (blood immune cell), the parasite is able to bypass the blood brain barrier (highly protective filter of brain) 3) once in the brain, it may form cysts that may lay dormat 4) a significant portion of the world population is infected 5) if have cats weren't allowed as pets, there would hardly be any T. gondii infections