Toxoplasma gondii: 1908-2008, homage to Nicolle, Manceaux and Splendore

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Autor(a) principal: Ferguson,David J P
Data de Publicação: 2009
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Resumo: The discovery of Toxoplasma gondii independently by Nicolle and Manceaux (1908) and Splendore (1908) was to open a "Pandora's Box" that has led research on this parasite into a number of scientific disciplines. In the 100 years since its discovery, the mystery surrounding T. gondii and its inter-relationship with humans has continued to provide a stimulating source of material in many areas of research, resulting in the publication of almost 20,000 papers and a number of books. This flood of diverse information shows no sign of abating, with an average of 10 papers per week appearing in PubMed. Herein, it is impossible to do more than provide a very superficial comment on what has become a massive body of scientific information. T. gondii has many unique features and seems to be the "exception to almost every rule" thus acting as a focus for research in disciplines from epidemiology to immunology to human behaviour to cell biology to human disease. In this review a number of the historical advances will be mentioned and combined with a description of the basic biology of the parasite.
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spelling Toxoplasma gondii: 1908-2008, homage to Nicolle, Manceaux and SplendoreToxoplasma gondiitoxoplasmosishistorylife cycledevelopmental stagesThe discovery of Toxoplasma gondii independently by Nicolle and Manceaux (1908) and Splendore (1908) was to open a "Pandora's Box" that has led research on this parasite into a number of scientific disciplines. In the 100 years since its discovery, the mystery surrounding T. gondii and its inter-relationship with humans has continued to provide a stimulating source of material in many areas of research, resulting in the publication of almost 20,000 papers and a number of books. This flood of diverse information shows no sign of abating, with an average of 10 papers per week appearing in PubMed. Herein, it is impossible to do more than provide a very superficial comment on what has become a massive body of scientific information. T. gondii has many unique features and seems to be the "exception to almost every rule" thus acting as a focus for research in disciplines from epidemiology to immunology to human behaviour to cell biology to human disease. In this review a number of the historical advances will be mentioned and combined with a description of the basic biology of the parasite.Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde2009-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000200003Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz v.104 n.2 2009reponame:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruzinstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruzinstacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/S0074-02762009000200003info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFerguson,David J Peng2020-04-25T17:50:26Zhttp://www.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php0074-02761678-8060opendoar:null2020-04-26 02:16:02.334Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Fundação Oswaldo Cruztrue
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Toxoplasma gondii: 1908-2008, homage to Nicolle, Manceaux and Splendore
title Toxoplasma gondii: 1908-2008, homage to Nicolle, Manceaux and Splendore
spellingShingle Toxoplasma gondii: 1908-2008, homage to Nicolle, Manceaux and Splendore
Ferguson,David J P
Toxoplasma gondii
toxoplasmosis
history
life cycle
developmental stages
title_short Toxoplasma gondii: 1908-2008, homage to Nicolle, Manceaux and Splendore
title_full Toxoplasma gondii: 1908-2008, homage to Nicolle, Manceaux and Splendore
title_fullStr Toxoplasma gondii: 1908-2008, homage to Nicolle, Manceaux and Splendore
title_full_unstemmed Toxoplasma gondii: 1908-2008, homage to Nicolle, Manceaux and Splendore
title_sort Toxoplasma gondii: 1908-2008, homage to Nicolle, Manceaux and Splendore
author Ferguson,David J P
author_facet Ferguson,David J P
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ferguson,David J P
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Toxoplasma gondii
toxoplasmosis
history
life cycle
developmental stages
topic Toxoplasma gondii
toxoplasmosis
history
life cycle
developmental stages
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The discovery of Toxoplasma gondii independently by Nicolle and Manceaux (1908) and Splendore (1908) was to open a "Pandora's Box" that has led research on this parasite into a number of scientific disciplines. In the 100 years since its discovery, the mystery surrounding T. gondii and its inter-relationship with humans has continued to provide a stimulating source of material in many areas of research, resulting in the publication of almost 20,000 papers and a number of books. This flood of diverse information shows no sign of abating, with an average of 10 papers per week appearing in PubMed. Herein, it is impossible to do more than provide a very superficial comment on what has become a massive body of scientific information. T. gondii has many unique features and seems to be the "exception to almost every rule" thus acting as a focus for research in disciplines from epidemiology to immunology to human behaviour to cell biology to human disease. In this review a number of the historical advances will be mentioned and combined with a description of the basic biology of the parasite.
description The discovery of Toxoplasma gondii independently by Nicolle and Manceaux (1908) and Splendore (1908) was to open a "Pandora's Box" that has led research on this parasite into a number of scientific disciplines. In the 100 years since its discovery, the mystery surrounding T. gondii and its inter-relationship with humans has continued to provide a stimulating source of material in many areas of research, resulting in the publication of almost 20,000 papers and a number of books. This flood of diverse information shows no sign of abating, with an average of 10 papers per week appearing in PubMed. Herein, it is impossible to do more than provide a very superficial comment on what has become a massive body of scientific information. T. gondii has many unique features and seems to be the "exception to almost every rule" thus acting as a focus for research in disciplines from epidemiology to immunology to human behaviour to cell biology to human disease. In this review a number of the historical advances will be mentioned and combined with a description of the basic biology of the parasite.
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