Showing posts with label Toxoplasma gondii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toxoplasma gondii. Show all posts

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Parasite May Lead to Schizophrenia


Thursday, Jan. 17 (Psych Central) -- An amazing new finding suggests a common parasite carried by animals may increase the risk of schizophrenia.

Toxoplasma gondii parasite, an organism carried by carried by cats and farm animals was found to increase the risk of schizophrenia by 24 percent among individuals.

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Image provided by Ke Hu and John Murray.