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Published: Sept. 25, 2013, 8:07 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello\xa0and\xa0Dickson Despommier

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Vincent and Dickson discuss how infection with\xa0Toxoplasma gondii\xa0causes mice to lose their aversion to cat urine, even after the parasites have been cleared.

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• T. gondii\xa0in mice causes\xa0loss of aversion\xa0to cat urine (PLoS One)
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• Cyclosporiasis\xa0update\xa0(CDC)
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiP 60
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