作者
Angelico Mendy, Edgar R Vieira, Ahmed N Albatineh, Janvier Gasana
发表日期
2015/3/1
期刊
Brain, behavior, and immunity
卷号
45
页码范围
36-40
出版商
Academic Press
简介
The neurotropic parasite Toxoplasma gondii infects one third of the world population, but its effect on memory remains ambiguous. To examine a potential relationship of the infection with immediate and delayed memory, a population-based study was conducted in 4485 participants of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey aged 60 years and older. Serum anti-Toxoplasma IgG antibodies were measured by enzyme immune assay and verbal memory was assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination and the East Boston Memory Test. The prevalence of latent toxoplasmosis was 41%; in one way analysis of variance, anti-Toxoplasma IgG antibody levels significantly differed across tertiles for immediate (P = 0.006) but not delayed memory scores (P = 0.22). In multinomial logistic regression adjusting for covariates, Toxoplasma seropositivity was associated with lower immediate memory …
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