Rodents that get infected with toxoplasmosis actually makes these rodents attracted to cat urine.

感染弓虫病啮齿动物实际上会被猫尿所吸引。

That's because some cats carry a parasite called toxoplasmosis and it can cause birth defects.

这是因为些猫携带叫做弓虫寄生虫，它可能会导致胎儿畸。

Most people have probably heard of Toxoplasma gondii, the parasitic protozoan that causes toxoplasmosis.

大多数人可能都听说过刚地弓虫，这寄生性原生动物会引起弓虫病。

There's a parasite known as toxoplasmosis that lives in the bodies of rats.

有寄生虫叫做弓虫， 它寄生在老体里。

We're talking about toxoplasmosis, a disease caused by toxoplasma gondii.

我们说是弓虫病，由弓虫引起疾病。

It is actually fairly rare in the US for women to come into contact with toxoplasmosis.

莱利：在美国，女性接触弓虫病情况实际上相当罕见。

For DD, the suspicion of toxoplasmosis before confirmatory blood tests is enough to warrant antiparasitic treatment.

在DD案例中，在验血报告出炉前，这些线索已经足以让疑似遭到弓浆虫感染DD接受抗寄生虫治疗了。

The toxoplasmosis rewires your brain and it makes you less afraid of cats.

弓虫病会改变你大脑， 让你对猫恐惧减轻。

If you are a rat and you have toxoplasmosis, you are perfectly healthy except for one thing.

如果你是只患有弓虫病老，除了件事外， 你是健康。

Rather, it's because this is a perfectly--this is the adaptive strategy of the toxoplasmosis virus.

相反， 这是弓虫病毒完善适应策略。

There's some recent research that ties schizophrenia to the possibility of toxoplasmosis, which is a disorder carried by cat feces.

最近些研究将精神分裂症与弓虫病可能性联系起来，弓虫病是由猫粪便携带疾病。

For example, Turing Pharmaceuticals' drug Daraprim, used to treat the parasitic infection toxoplasmosis that affects roughly 200,000 people a year, entered the market in 1953.

例如，图灵制药公司药物达拉匹林于1953年进入市场。达拉匹林曾用于治疗寄生虫感染弓虫病，该病每年影响约20万人。

There is a concern with pregnant women caring for cats in terms of the litter box, and really the risk is toxoplasmosis.

人们担心孕妇照顾猫时要处理猫砂盆问题，而真正风险是弓虫病。

In other countries, like in Europe, specifically France, there can be a higher level of exposure to toxoplasmosis because of undercooked meats and cheeses and things that may expose patients to parasites.

在其他国家，比如欧洲，特别是法国，由于未煮熟肉类、奶酪等食物，弓虫暴露风险可能更高。

The more important thing about sort of the cat stories, everyone worries about the cat and the kitty litter; the most common exposure that women get to toxoplasmosis is actually not the cat or the liter even.

关于猫故事， 更重要是，每个人都担心猫和猫砂；女性接触弓虫病最常见途径实际上不是猫或猫砂。