Rats, cats, people and parasites: the impact of latent toxoplasmosis on behaviour.
Microbes Infect
; 3(12): 1037-45, 2001 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-11580990
ABSTRACT
The manipulation hypothesis states a parasite may alter host behaviour for its own benefit, often by enhancing its transmission rate through the food chain. This paper reviews studies on the potential impact of one parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, on host behaviour, both on rodents, where altered responses may be proposed to benefit the parasite, and humans, where altered responses may arise as a side-effect of infection with no current adaptive significance.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Toxoplasmosis
/
Trastornos Mentales
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Microbes Infect
Asunto de la revista:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
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MICROBIOLOGIA
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido