The parasitic protozoan Toxoplasma gondii infects about one-third of the population of developed countries. The life-long presence of dormant stages of this parasite in the brain and muscular tissues of infected humans is usually considered asymptomatic from the clinical point of view. In the past 20 years, research performed mostly on military personnel, university students, pregnant women and blood donors has shown that this ‘asymptomatic’ disease has a large influence on various aspects of human life. Toxoplasma-infected subjects differ from uninfected controls in the personality profile estimated with two versions of Cattell’s 16PF, Cloninger’s TCI and Big Five questionnaires. Most of these differences increase with the length of time since the onset of infection, suggesting that Toxoplasma influences human personality rather than human personality influencing the probability of infection. Toxoplasmosis increases the reaction time of infected subjects, which can explain the increased probability of traffic accidents in infected subjects reported in three retrospective and one very large prospective case-control study. Latent toxoplasmosis is associated with immunosuppression, which might explain the increased probability of giving birth to a boy in Toxoplasma-infected women and also the extremely high prevalence of toxoplasmosis in mothers of children with Down syndrome. Toxoplasma-infected male students are about 3 cm taller than Toxoplasma-free subjects and their faces are rated by women as more masculine and dominant. These differences may be caused by an increased concentration of testosterone. Toxoplasma also appears to be involved in the initiation of more severe forms of schizophrenia. At least 40 studies confirmed an increased prevalence of toxoplasmosis among schizophrenic patients. Toxoplasma-infected schizophrenic patients differ from Toxoplasma-free schizophrenic patients by brain anatomy and by a higher intensity of the positive symptoms of the disease. Finally, five independent studies performed in blood donors, pregnant women and military personnel showed that RhD blood group positivity, especially in RhD heterozygotes, protects infected subjects against various effects of latent toxoplasmosis, such as the prolongation of reaction times, an increased risk of traffic accidents and excessive pregnancy weight gain. The modern human is not a natural host of Toxoplasma. Therefore, it can only be speculated which of the observed effects of latent toxoplasmosis are the result of the manipulation activity of the Toxoplasma aimed to increase the probability of its transmission from a natural intermediate to the definitive host by predation, and which are just side effects of chronic infection.
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cats are for literal suicidal liberal fags / cats create suicidal liberal fags
AngryOnion
Big Wig
[the nightly self-effacing broadsheet]
Can it be sexually transmitted? Like from a cat to a person because once a pone a time we had some cat fuckers around here. That could explain a few things.
Originally posted by AngryOnion
Can it be sexually transmitted? Like from a cat to a person because once a pone a time we had some cat fuckers around here. That could explain a few things.
I once knew a cat which had chlamydia and I never found out if it was transferable to humans
recently I gave one lead poisoning to death and another lead poisoning but it ran off. the funny part was the bitch was under my truck and when it caught the medicine it jumped up and ricocheted off the bottom of my truck so loud it echoed.
But yes, even my daughters mother a total redneck chicken feared the toxio and didn't like my cat. My cat didnt like my daughter either, he went up to her and scratched her face and ran away...
Originally posted by Bill Krozby
But yes, even my daughters mother a total redneck chicken feared the toxio and didn't like my cat. My cat didnt like my daughter either, he went up to her and scratched her face and ran away…
anyone who has a kid that gets attacked by an animal has a duty to kill that animal.
