Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among individuals with severe mental illness in Nigeria: a case control study

BO James, IO Agbonile, M Okolo… - Pathogens and global …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Background: While the aetiology for most psychotic disorders is unknown, a strong
association has been observed between Toxoplasma gondii infection and psychosis. The …

[PDF][PDF] Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii among patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in Upper Egypt: a comparative study with a control group

EAM Hussein, H Khalifa, GK Ramadan… - Annals of …, 2020 - yadda.icm.edu.pl
Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are serious neuropsychiatric disorders. Studies have
found a high seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in psychiatric patients. This study aimed …

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and its associated risk factors in neuropsychiatric patients in Jazan province, Saudi Arabia

WM Zaki, RY Hofdi, AA Shebiley, ZA Saadi… - Journal of the Egyptian …, 2016 - journals.ekb.eg
Toxoplasma gondii has worldwide distribution in nearly one-third of the human population. It
is a neurotropic protozoan parasite so a potential role of T. gondii infection for some …

[PDF][PDF] The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in psychiatric patients in Tripoli, Libya

MMA Elsaid, AG Azbedah, EELA Dia Eddin… - Journal of American …, 2014 - academia.edu
Background and objective: Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by coccidian parasite
Toxoplasma gondii. The infection by T. gondii is widespread through the world in many …

Seroprevalence and sociodemographic characteristics of Toxoplasma gondii infection in patients with psychiatric disorders in Malaysia

A Maisarah, S Mohamad, M Husain, S Abdullah… - Acta Tropica, 2024 - Elsevier
Toxoplasma gondii is a neurotropic protozoan parasite that affects neuronal processing in
the brain. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of T. gondii infection in psychiatric …

[HTML][HTML] Sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and associated risk factors among psychiatric outpatients attending University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

B Achaw, H Tesfa, AJ Zeleke, L Worku, A Addisu… - BMC Infectious …, 2019 - Springer
Background Toxoplasmosis is caused by an obligatory intracellular coccidian protozoan
organism, Toxoplasma gondii. It has a worldwide distribution, affecting one-third of the world …

Seroprevalence of human infection with Toxoplasma gondii and the associated risk factors, in Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria

J Kamani, AU Mani, GO Egwu… - Annals of Tropical …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The prevalence of antibodies (IgG) to Toxoplasma gondii among 180 adults from the
Nigerian city of Maiduguri was determined as 23.9%, using a commercial ELISA. Although …

Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Associated Risk Factors among People Living with HIV at Gondar University Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

D Muluye, Y Wondimeneh, Y Belyhun… - International …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite and is a
major opportunistic pathogen in immune‐compromised hosts. This study assessed the …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of increased exposure to Toxoplasma gondii in individuals with recent onset psychosis but not with established schizophrenia

R Yolken, EF Torrey, F Dickerson - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
A possible role for Toxoplasma gondii in the etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia is supported
by epidemiological studies and animal models of infection. However, recent studies …

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibody in HIV-infected patients at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital

VO Osunkalu, SA Akanmu, NJ Ofomah… - HIV/AIDS-Research …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Background Toxoplasmosis is caused by infection with a ubiquitous intracellular protozoan
parasite, Toxoplasma gondii. With the advent of the HIV pandemic in Nigeria, toxoplasmic …