United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Natural Resources Institute, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA.
Int J Parasitol. 2009 Jul 1;39(8):877-82. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.01.005.
It has been 100 years since the discovery of Toxoplasma gondii in 1908. Its full life cycle was not discovered until 1970 when it was found that it is a coccidian parasite of cats with all non-feline warm blooded animals (including humans) as intermediate hosts. The discovery of the environmentally resistant stage of the parasite, the oocyst, made it possible to explain its worldwide prevalence. In the present paper, events associated with the discovery of its life cycle are recalled.
自 1908 年发现刚地弓形虫以来，已经过去了 100 年。直到 1970 年才发现其完整的生命周期，当时发现它是一种猫科动物的球虫寄生虫，所有非猫科温血动物（包括人类）都是中间宿主。寄生虫的环境抗性阶段——卵囊的发现，使得解释其在全球的普遍存在成为可能。在本文中，回顾了与发现其生命周期相关的事件。
