Toxoplasma Gondii

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Observations:

Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) parasite, which is spread through contact with cat faeces

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9371006/Cat-ladies-more-likely-to-commit-suicide-scientists-claim.html

Women Infected With Common Parasite Have Increased Risk of Attempting Suicide, Study Finds
ScienceDaily (July 2, 2012) — Women infected with the Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) parasite, which is spread through contact with cat feces or eating undercooked meat or unwashed vegetables, are at increased risk of attempting suicide
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120702210105.htm

Toxoplasma gondii Infection and Self-directed Violence in Mothers Toxoplasma Gondii and Self-directed Violence.
Preben Bo Mortensen.
Archives of General Psychiatry, 2012; : 1 DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2012.668
http://www.umm.edu/news/releases/toxoplasma-gondii-parasite.htm

How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy
Jaroslav Flegr is no kook. And yet, for years, he suspected his mind had been taken over by parasites that had invaded his brain. So the prolific biologist took his science-fiction hunch into the lab. What he’s now discovering will startle you. Could tiny organisms carried by house cats be creeping into our brains, causing everything from car wrecks to schizophrenia?
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/how-your-cat-is-making-you-crazy/8873/

Cat parasite that worms into humans' brains can drive victims to suicide
By Fiona Macrae Science Correspondent
PUBLISHED: 18:03 EST, 17 August 2012 | UPDATED: 18:03 EST, 17 August 2012

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2190086/Cat-parasite-worms-humans-brains-drive-victims-suicide.html

Cat parasite toxoplasma uses 'Trojan horse' to infect human brain and may cause suicidal thoughts and risk-taking
Toxoplasma able to pass from the gut into the central nervous system, says report
The Independent
Friday 07 December 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/cat-parasite-toxoplasma-uses-trojan-horse-to-infect-human-brain-and-may-cause-suicidal-thoughts-and-risktaking-8390165.html

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