Word: toxoplasma
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Until 1914, doctors were not sure that toxoplasmosis was a separate ailment, until the mid-'30s were not sure they could recognize it. Diagnosis is made by i) symptoms, 2) testing a patient's blood, 3) finding the malarialike Toxoplasma parasite in the tissues of a dead patient. In the U.S., toxoplasmosis is still a medical collectors' item-a lethal rarity...