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Impaired health status and increased incidence of diseases in Toxoplasma-seropositive subjects – An explorative cross-sectional study

September 27, 2016 20,032 Comments
Flegr, J. Escudero, D. Q.
Parasitology, 143, 1974-1989, doi:10.1017/S0031182016001785, 2016
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parasites in tissue cysts located mainly in immunoprivileged organs was long considered asymptomatic. Recently, many studies have shown that latent Toxoplasma infections could have serious impacts on human health. Here we ran a cross-sectional study in a population of 1486 volunteers. The results showed that 333 infected subjects scored worse than 1153 controls in 28 of 29 health-related variables. Similarly, they reported higher rates of 77 of a list of 134 disorders reported by at least 10 participants of the study. Toxoplasmosis was associated most strongly with musculoskel- etal ( τ = 0·107, P < 0·0005), followed by neurological ( τ = 0·088, P < 0·0005), immune ( τ = 0·085, p < 0·0005), metabolic ( τ = 0·079, P < 0·0005), respiratory ( τ = 0·068, P = 0·0001), allergic ( τ = 0·053, P = 0·004), digestive system ( τ = 0·052, P = 0·004) and mental health disorders ( τ = 0·050, P = 0·008). Results of the present cohort study, along with the previous data from many case-control studies or ecological studies suggest that latent toxoplasmosis represents a large and so far underrated public health problem

Tagged: disease burden, neglected disease, neglected zoonosis, Parasite, public health, Toxoplasma gondii, toxoplasmosis

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Seroprevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii and anti-Borrelia species antibodies in patients with schizophrenia: a case-control study from western Turkey

October 9, 2015 26 Comments
Cevizci, S., Celik, M., Akcali, A., Oyekcin, D. G., Sahin, O. O., Bakar, C.
World Journal of Biological Psychiatry 2015; 16: 230-236
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Objectives. We examined IgG antibody seroprevalence and risk factors for anti-Toxoplasma gondii and anti-Borrelia sp. in schizophrenic patients. Methods. This case-control study included 30 schizophrenic patients and 60 healthy individuals. Serological analyses were identified by using ELISA technique. Results. In the case group the Toxoplasma seropositivity was 33.3% and Borrelia seropositivity was 13.3%, while in the control group the Toxoplasma positivity was 21.7% and Borrelia seropositivity was 15.0%. There was no significant difference with regard to seroprevalence between the groups (P = 0.232; P = 0.832, respectively). There was statistically significant difference between case and control groups related to hand and kitchen utensil hygiene after dealing with raw meat (P = 0.001). Conclusions. Our data showed the rate of Toxoplasma antibodies was higher in the case group, while the rate of Borrelia antibodies was higher in the control group. In both groups the high rates of seropositivity for Toxoplasma gondii and Borrelia sp. is thought to be due to neglect of personal hygiene. The present study also is the first to examine the association between Borrelia sp. and schizophrenia. Further studies are needed to determine whether there is an association between Borrelia sp. and schizophrenia or not.

Tagged: borrelia species, disorders, encephalitis, individuals, infectious agents, lyme borreliosis, neuroborreliosis, neurons, psychosis, public health, Schizophrenia, Toxoplasma gondii, Zoonosis

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