latent toxoplasmosis and human

Latent Toxoplasmosis and Human

Toxoplasmosis is one of the most common parasitic diseases worldwide. Although estimated that one third of the world's population are infected with Toxoplasma gondii, but the most common form of the disease is latent (asymptomatic). On the other hand, recent findings indicated that latent toxoplasmosis is not only unsafe for human, but also may play various roles in the etiology of different me...

Association between latent toxoplasmosis and major depression, generalised anxiety disorder and panic disorder in human adults.

Latent infection with the apicomplexan Toxoplasma gondii (Nicolle et Manceaux, 1908) has been associated with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and self-harm behaviour. However, the potential relationship between T. gondii immunoglobulin G antibody (IgG) seropositivity and generalised-anxiety disorder (GAD) and panic disorder (PD) has not been investigated. The associations between serum reactivi...

Human toxoplasmosis.

ALOX12 in human toxoplasmosis.

ALOX12 is a gene encoding arachidonate 12-lipoxygenase (12-LOX), a member of a nonheme lipoxygenase family of dioxygenases. ALOX12 catalyzes the addition of oxygen to arachidonic acid, producing 12-hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid (12-HPETE), which can be reduced to the eicosanoid 12-HETE (12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid). 12-HETE acts in diverse cellular processes, including catecholamine synt...

Gender differences in behavioural changes induced by latent toxoplasmosis.

There is growing evidence that the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii modifies behaviour of its intermediate hosts, including humans, where it globally infects about 20-60% of the population. Although it is considered asymptomatic in its latent stage, it was previously found to have remarkable and gender different effects on the personality factors A (warmth), G (rule consciousness), L (vigilance, mis...

Influence of latent toxoplasmosis on the phenotype of intermediate hosts.

The influence of latent toxoplasmosis on the phenotype , especially on the behaviour, of intermediate hosts has been intensively studied since the mid-1990s. The number of papers dealing with this topic that can be found in the Web of Knowledge SM by using the combination of terms toxoplasm* AND (behavi* OR psychol* OR per-sonalit* OR psychiatri* OR schizophr*) is rapidly in-Most of these paper...