the following situations potentially expose a person to the toxoplasma parasite and increase the risk of acquiring toxoplasmosis: touching your hands to your mouth after gardening or after cleaning a cat's litter box or anything that came into contact with cat feces. eating raw or partly cooked meat especially pork lamb or venison. touching your hands to your mouth after contact with raw or undercooked meat. organ transplantation or transfusion (this is rare). if a woman is pregnant when she is infected with toxo the infection can be transmitted from her to the baby with sometimes catastrophic consequences.
what factors increase the risk of acquiring toxoplasmosis?