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Contrary to what you wrote about T. gondii definitively not being sexually transmitted between humans, the article links to several studies which postulate exac
by wzdd 5y ago
Contrary to what you wrote about T. gondii definitively not being sexually transmitted between humans, the article links to several studies which postulate exactly that. The paragraph is:
> Since reports that T. gondii can be a sexually transmitted parasite in humans are relatively recent (e.g., Flegr, Klapilová & Kaňková, 2014; Hlaváčová et al., 2020; Kaňková, Hlaváčová & Flegr, 2020; Tong et al., 2021), many questions and hypotheses still need to be properly formulated and tested in further studies.
The basis for this theory is that T. gondii cysts have been found in human ejaculate, which means it could for example be transmitted through oral sex. There does not appear to be any conclusive proof that this has happened, but apparently these are viable cysts which, if swallowed in any other context, would result in infection, so it's plausible.
This non-"pregnancies, organ transplants or cannibalism" route is the basis for a lot of this article's theorising about T. gondii benefiting from raising its host's likelihood of having sex.