“…Although the infection is usually asymptomatic, T. gondii is one of the most important pathogens affecting immune-compromised patients and congenitally-infected newborns (review in Dubey et al, 2012;Oz, 2014). During T. gondii's life cycle, host infection takes place either by bradyzoites released from cysts found in different tissues of chronically infected animals, especially pork and chicken, or by ingestion of oocysts that are found in water or foods contaminated by contact with the feces of young infected cats, which release sporozoites (Dubey, 2009;Jones and Dubey, 2012).…”