ArticleBioMed research international2013
Toxocara seroprevalence in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease: chance association or coincidence?
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- Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among patients with psychiatric and neurologic disorders in Türkiye: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- The Association between Toxoplasma gondii Infection and Risk of Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.BioMed research international · 2019Pooled it
- The potential relationship between Toxocara canis infection and epilepsy in a rat model.Parasitology research · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Toxocara infection and associated risk factors: a cross-sectional study in Zhejiang, China.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2025Article
- Neurobehavioral Disorders and Pathological Changes in the Brain of Mice Are Caused by Chronic Toxocara canis Larval Invasion with Low to Moderate Inoculum.Acta parasitologica · 2024Article
- Case-Control Study to Assess the Association between Epilepsy andMicroorganisms · 2021Article
- CerebralEncephalitis (Seoul, Korea) · 2021Article
- Aquaporin 1 is located on the intestinal basolateral membrane in Toxocara canis and might play a role in drug uptake.Parasites & vectors · 2019Article
- Comparative bioinformatic analysis suggests that specific dauer-like signalling pathway components regulate Toxocara canis development and migration in the mammalian host.Parasites & vectors · 2019Article
- Tissue expression pattern of ABCG transporter indicates functional roles in reproduction of Toxocara canis.Parasitology research · 2018Article
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- Cerebral Toxocariasis: Silent Progression to Neurodegenerative Disorders?Clinical microbiology reviews · 2015Review
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Abstract
Most cases of idiopathic Parkinson disease (IPD) are believed to be due to a combination of genetic and environmental factors. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between toxocariasis and Parkinson disease (PD). Patients were selected from people who were admitted to the Movement Disorders Branch, Neurology Department of Elazığ University Faculty of Medicine Elazığ, Turkey. We studied specific IgG antibodies against Toxocara canis (T. canis) in 50 patients with idiopathic Parkinson and 50 healthy volunteers. We investigated the clinical history of three patients infected with T. canis. We also studied specific IgG antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in these groups. Antibodies anti-Toxocara canis were found in 3 idiopathic PD (6%) (P = 0.121) and antibody titer was not found in control. A patient had history of the presence of dog in current dog ownership. We did not detect any statistically significant association between T. canis and IPD. But, we believe that further comprehensive studies are required for understanding whether there is a causal relation between toxocariasis and PD. We didn't find possible association between Toxoplasma gondii and IPD (P = 0.617).
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