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Toxoplasma gondii: host-parasite interaction and behavior manipulation.

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.

Entities: Disease Species

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Year: 2009 PMID： 19548003 DOI： 10.1007/s00436-009-1526-6

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Parasitol Res ISSN： 0932-0113 Impact factor: 2.289

33 in total

1. Can the common brain parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, influence human culture?

Authors: Kevin D Lafferty
Journal: Proc Biol Sci Date: 2006-11-07 Impact factor: 5.349

Review 2. Defensive behavior in rats towards predatory odors: a review.

Authors: R A Dielenberg; I S McGregor
Journal: Neurosci Biobehav Rev Date: 2001-12 Impact factor: 8.989

3. Diagnosis of cerebral toxoplasmosis by detection of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites in cerebrospinal fluid.

Authors: C Palm; H Tumani; T Pietzcker; D Bengel
Journal: J Neurol Date: 2008-04-30 Impact factor: 4.849

4. What are the respective host and parasite contributions to toxoplasmosis?

Authors: Danièle Maubon; Daniel Ajzenberg; Marie-Pierre Brenier-Pinchart; Marie-Laure Dardé; Hervé Pelloux
Journal: Trends Parasitol Date: 2008-05-29

5. Correlation of duration of latent Toxoplasma gondii infection with personality changes in women.

Authors: J Flegr; P Kodym; V Tolarová
Journal: Biol Psychol Date: 2000-05 Impact factor: 3.251

6. Effects of toxoplasma on human behavior.

Authors: Jaroslav Flegr
Journal: Schizophr Bull Date: 2007-01-11 Impact factor: 9.306

7. Is Toxoplasma gondii a potential risk for traffic accidents in Turkey?

Authors: Kor Yereli; I Cüneyt Balcioğlu; Ahmet Ozbilgin
Journal: Forensic Sci Int Date: 2005-12-05 Impact factor: 2.395

8. Decrease of psychomotor performance in subjects with latent 'asymptomatic' toxoplasmosis.

Authors: J Havlícek; Z G Gasová; A P Smith; K Zvára; J Flegr
Journal: Parasitology Date: 2001-05 Impact factor: 3.234

Review 9. Regulation and function of T-cell-mediated immunity during Toxoplasma gondii infection.

Authors: E Y Denkers; R T Gazzinelli
Journal: Clin Microbiol Rev Date: 1998-10 Impact factor: 26.132

Review 10. Toxoplasma gondii and schizophrenia.

Authors: E Fuller Torrey; Robert H Yolken
Journal: Emerg Infect Dis Date: 2003-11 Impact factor: 6.883

28 in total

1. Acquired infection with Toxoplasma gondii in adult mice results in sensorimotor deficits but normal cognitive behavior despite widespread brain pathology.

Authors: Maria Gulinello; Mariana Acquarone; John H Kim; David C Spray; Helene S Barbosa; Rani Sellers; Herbert B Tanowitz; Louis M Weiss
Journal: Microbes Infect Date: 2010-03-27 Impact factor: 2.700

2. Modulation of immunity in mice with latent toxoplasmosis--the experimental support for the immunosuppression hypothesis of Toxoplasma-induced changes in reproduction of mice and humans.

Authors: Sárka Kaňková; Vladimír Holáň; Alena Zajícová; Petr Kodym; Jaroslav Flegr
Journal: Parasitol Res Date: 2010-08-19 Impact factor: 2.289

Toxoplasma gondii: host-parasite interaction and behavior manipulation.

1. Can the common brain parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, influence human culture?

Review 2. Defensive behavior in rats towards predatory odors: a review.

3. Diagnosis of cerebral toxoplasmosis by detection of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites in cerebrospinal fluid.

4. What are the respective host and parasite contributions to toxoplasmosis?

5. Correlation of duration of latent Toxoplasma gondii infection with personality changes in women.

6. Effects of toxoplasma on human behavior.

7. Is Toxoplasma gondii a potential risk for traffic accidents in Turkey?

8. Decrease of psychomotor performance in subjects with latent 'asymptomatic' toxoplasmosis.

Review 9. Regulation and function of T-cell-mediated immunity during Toxoplasma gondii infection.

Review 10. Toxoplasma gondii and schizophrenia.

1. Acquired infection with Toxoplasma gondii in adult mice results in sensorimotor deficits but normal cognitive behavior despite widespread brain pathology.

2. Modulation of immunity in mice with latent toxoplasmosis--the experimental support for the immunosuppression hypothesis of Toxoplasma-induced changes in reproduction of mice and humans.

3. Serological and molecular diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii in patients with schizophrenia.

Review 4. The known and missing links between Toxoplasma gondii and schizophrenia.

5. Prenatal depression and anxiety in Toxoplasma gondii-positive women.

Review 6. DNA topoisomerases in apicomplexan parasites: promising targets for drug discovery.

7. Toxoplasmosis.

8. Comparative analysis of anti-toxoplasmic activity of antipsychotic drugs and valproate.

9. Tissue tropism of Toxoplasma gondii in turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) after parenteral infection.

10. Trypanosoma cruzi: experimental parasitism in the central nervous system of albino mice.