Potential public health benefits from cat eradications on islands.

• Main Authors: Luz A de Wit (Author), Donald A Croll (Author), Bernie Tershy (Author), Dolores Correa (Author), Hector Luna-Pasten (Author), Paulo Quadri (Author), A Marm Kilpatrick (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cats (Felis catus) are reservoirs of several pathogens that affect humans, including Toxoplasma gondii. Infection of pregnant women with T. gondii can cause ocular and neurological lesions in newborns, and congenital toxoplasmosis has been associated with schizophrenia, epilepsy, movement disorders,...