| Title |
Toxoplasma gondii: host–parasite interaction and behavior manipulation
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Parasitology Research, June 2009
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00436-009-1526-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rodrigo Costa da Silva, Helio Langoni |
| Abstract |
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that causes different lesions in men and other warm-blooded animals. Humoral and cellular immune response of the host against the parasite keeps the protozoan in a latent stage, and clinical disease ensues when immunological response is compromised. Brain parasitism benefits the parasite causing behavioral changes in the host, not only in animals but also in humans. Schizophrenia and epilepsy are two neurological disorders that have recently been reported to affect humans coinfected with T. gondii. Further studies based on host-parasite interaction in several wild or domestic warm-blooded species are still necessary in order to better understand parasitism and behavioral changes caused by T. gondii. |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | 1% |
| Unknown | 215 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 38 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 36 | 16% |
| Researcher | 31 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 13% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 15 | 7% |
| Other | 39 | 17% |
| Unknown | 40 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 98 | 43% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 19 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 13 | 6% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 27 | 12% |
| Unknown | 47 | 20% |
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