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Toxoplasma parasite reveals an unusual strategy for surviving crowded environments in infected cells

Toxoplasma gondii, or Toxoplasma, is a parasite that infects hundreds of millions of people around the world. Although cases are often mild, it can cause severe symptoms in people with weakened immune systems and developing fetuses. It can also persist for years by forming long-lived cysts in tissues, allowing infection to become chronic.

Toxoplasma parasite reveals an unusual strategy for surviving crowded environments in infected cells

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