Toxoplasma Gondii Is an Intracellular Eukaryotic Parasite That Can Cause

Multiple Choice

Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular eukaryotic parasite that can cause serious human infections. Which of the following is NOT true regarding this parasite?

A) It lyses its host cell to leave.
B) The energy for its invasion into the host cell comes from actin polymerization in the host cell.
C) Once inside the cell, it is surrounded by a host-cell membrane that is deprived of many host transmembrane proteins.
D) Once inside the cell, it absorbs nutrients and small metabolites from the host cytosol.
E) Its invasion mechanism is similar to that of malaria parasites.