Quote:Infected men, suggests one new study, tend to become more aggressive, scruffy, antisocial and are less attractive.

Quote:Indoor cats that do not hunt have virtually no risk of infection," says Elaine Wexler-Mitchell, DVM, ABVP diplomate in feline practice at The Cat Care Clinic in Orange, California. No risk, that is, unless they are on a raw food diet. That's because the parasite is transmissible to both cats and humans through raw or undercooked meat. In fact, your chances of contracting toxoplasmosis are much, much greater by handling raw meat or gardening in infected soil than by getting it from your cat.