ArticleBMC research notes2018
The association of latent toxoplasmosis and level of serum testosterone in humans.
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- Toxoplasma gondii infection and testosterone alteration: A systematic review and meta-analyses.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
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- Beyond Latency: ChronicBiomedicines · 2025Review
- Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and testosterone level in Palestinian butchers.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Parasitic infection increases risk-taking in a social, intermediate host carnivore.Communications biology · 2022Article
- The Impact of LatentMicroorganisms · 2022Article
- Testosterone Augments Propagation of Toxoplasma gondii in Glioblastoma Cells In Vitro.Acta parasitologica · 2022Article
- Toxoplasma infection in male mice alters dopamine-sensitive behaviors and host gene expression patterns associated with neuropsychiatric disease.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
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- The relation of secondary sex ratio and miscarriage history with Toxoplasma gondii infection.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesLatent toxoplasmosis modifies various hormones and behaviors in infected hosts and possibly involves in etiology of different neurologic and psychiatric disorders. The aim of the current study was to assess possible associations between latent toxoplasmosis and testosterone concentration in Toxoplasma infected and free subjects. Briefly, 18-49 year-old participated in the study. After collected blood samples, sera were analyzed for the detection of anti-Toxoplasma IgG antibody. Totally, 76 positive sera were selected as study group (38 from men and 38 from women) and a same number of negative sera as control group.
resultsComparison of testosterone concentrations and control groups showed that testosterone concentration in study group was higher than that in control group with statistically significant difference (P = 0.024 and P = 0.043 for men and women, respectively). Significant differences were found in testosterone concentrations and anti-Toxoplasma IgG antibody levels in study and control groups (P < 0.05). Toxoplasmosis can affect the mean concentration of serum testosterone in human. Alteration of testosterone during latent toxoplasmosis can result in alterations in behavioral, physiologic and immunological parameters in long time.
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