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A member asked:
I'm really obsessed about toxoplasmosis and as i was walking home i ate a bug by accident! do you think i can get infected? i am 38 weeks prengant
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Not bugs: You get toxo from eating undercooked meat, not bugs. You can eat all the bugs you want.
Answered 10/2/2016
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