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ArticleEuropean journal of microbiology & immunology2023

Toxoplasma gondii infection of the central nervous system and suicide: A case-control study of decedents.

Laura Alejandra Mendoza-Larios, Fernando García-Dolores, Luis Francisco Sánchez-Anguiano, Elizabeth Irasema Antuna-Salcido, Jesús Hernández-Tinoco, Adriana Rocha-Salais, Marcela Araceli Segoviano-Mendoza, Antonio Sifuentes-Álvarez, Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel

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Article in European journal of microbiology & immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review: Suicide and its relationship to aggression and impulsivity.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Laura Alejandra Mendoza-Larios1Instituto de Ciencias Forenses de la Ciudad de México, Avenida Niños Héroes 130, Colonia Doctores, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, 06720 Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Fernando García-Dolores1Instituto de Ciencias Forenses de la Ciudad de México, Avenida Niños Héroes 130, Colonia Doctores, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, 06720 Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Luis Francisco Sánchez-Anguiano2Biomedical Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Nutrition, Juárez University of Durango State, Avenida Universidad S/N. 34000 Durango, Mexico.
Elizabeth Irasema Antuna-Salcido3Institute for Scientific Research "Dr. Roberto Rivera Damm", Juárez University of Durango State, Avenida Universidad S/N, 34000 Durango, Mexico.
Jesús Hernández-Tinoco2Biomedical Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Nutrition, Juárez University of Durango State, Avenida Universidad S/N. 34000 Durango, Mexico.
Adriana Rocha-Salais2Biomedical Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Nutrition, Juárez University of Durango State, Avenida Universidad S/N. 34000 Durango, Mexico.
Marcela Araceli Segoviano-Mendoza4Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Nutrition, Juárez University of Durango State, Avenida Universidad S/N. 34000 Durango, Mexico.
Antonio Sifuentes-Álvarez2Biomedical Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Nutrition, Juárez University of Durango State, Avenida Universidad S/N. 34000 Durango, Mexico.
Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel2Biomedical Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Nutrition, Juárez University of Durango State, Avenida Universidad S/N. 34000 Durango, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-0367-6052
Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango · MXInstituto de Salud del Estado de México · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We sought to determine the association between Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection of the central nervous system and suicide in a sample of decedents in Mexico City. One hundred and forty-seven decedents (87 who committed suicide and 60 who did not commit suicide) were studied. Brain tissues (amygdala and prefrontal cortex) of decedents were examined for the detection of T. gondii using immunohistochemistry. Detection of T. gondii was positive in 7 (8.0%) of the 87 cases (6 found in prefrontal cortex and one in amygdala), and in one (1.7%) of the 60 controls (found in prefrontal cortex) (OR: 5.16; 95% CI: 0.61-43.10; P = 0.14). Results suggest that T. gondii infection in brain is not associated with suicide. Further studies to confirm this finding are needed.

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case-control studyepidemiologyimmunohistochemistrysuicideToxoplasma gondii

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PMID37982867
PMCPMC10668923
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