[4] Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS) is an extremely common disease that arises in AIDS patients and HIV-infected individuals.
KS occurrences in these regions are mainly found in older men, which is thought to be due to the natural decline of the immune system's strength when we age.
[6] In recent years, however, incidences of Kaposi's sarcoma in the United States have dwindled so much that physicians today often fail to consider it as a possibility when making diagnoses.
As a result of the immune response that this invasion causes, the tachyzoites become dormant, forming cysts called bradyzoites that are commonly found in the brain and skeletal muscle.
[8] In physiologically typical individuals, the infection will generally be taken care of by the immune system, rarely causing any actual illness.
In fact, it is estimated that in some areas of the world, more than sixty percent of people have been exposed to the Toxoplasma parasite in their lifetime.
HIV patients, on the other hand, often suffer from intense pain, difficulty seeing and breathing, or partial blindness due to toxoplasmosis as a result of an insufficient immune response.