Um parasita capaz de controlar mentes! Separe trinta minutinhos do seu dia e descubra, com a Mila Massuda, o ciclo e a influência comportamental do Toxoplasma gondii, o agente causador da toxoplasmose.

Apresentação: Mila Massuda (@milamassuda)

Roteiro: Mila Massuda (@milamassuda) e Emilio Garcia (@emilioblablalogia)

Edição: Clayton Heringer (@tocalivros) e Juscelino Filho (@canalmusicalia)

Produção: Prof. Vítor Soares (@profvitorsoares) @Matheus_Heredia e BláBláLogia (@blablalogia)

Gravado e editado nos estúdios TocaCast

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