Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis among Schizophrenic patients
Toxoplasma has emerged as an interesting candidate as a possible cause of some cases of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a serious neuropsychiatry disease of unknown cause We investigated the Seroprevalence rate for anti Toxoplasma IgG and IgM antibodies by Eliza in 96 schizophrenic and 96 healthy In...
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University of Science and Technology, Yemen
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| author | Sabah Saeid Mahmoud Mahfoth Solyaman Hasan |
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| description | Toxoplasma has emerged as an interesting candidate as a possible cause of some cases of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a serious neuropsychiatry disease of unknown cause We investigated the Seroprevalence rate for anti Toxoplasma IgG and IgM antibodies by Eliza in 96 schizophrenic and 96 healthy Individuals(control). The seropositivity rate for antitoxoplasma IgG antibodies among schizophrenic patients was (53%) significantly higher than healthy individuals (23%). The seropositivity rate of IgM antibodies was (2%) among schizophrenic IgG positive patients. The difference in the prevalence of antitoxoplasma antibodies titer was found statistically higher among individuals who live with house cats (59%) than those without (20%). Thus, there is casual relationship might be existed between Toxoplasmosis and the etiology of schizophrenia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6ff812e60db9482696f45606e93ac4f72022-12-22T02:38:21ZengUniversity of Science and Technology, YemenYemeni Journal for Medical Sciences2227-96012227-961X2009-12-01311710.20428/YJMS.3.1.3208Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis among Schizophrenic patientsSabah Saeid Mahmoud0Mahfoth Solyaman Hasan1Department of MicrobiologyDepartment of Medicine Nineveh college of Medicine, Mosul University, Mosul, IraqToxoplasma has emerged as an interesting candidate as a possible cause of some cases of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a serious neuropsychiatry disease of unknown cause We investigated the Seroprevalence rate for anti Toxoplasma IgG and IgM antibodies by Eliza in 96 schizophrenic and 96 healthy Individuals(control). The seropositivity rate for antitoxoplasma IgG antibodies among schizophrenic patients was (53%) significantly higher than healthy individuals (23%). The seropositivity rate of IgM antibodies was (2%) among schizophrenic IgG positive patients. The difference in the prevalence of antitoxoplasma antibodies titer was found statistically higher among individuals who live with house cats (59%) than those without (20%). Thus, there is casual relationship might be existed between Toxoplasmosis and the etiology of schizophrenia.https://journals.ust.edu/index.php/yjms/article/view/244 |
| spellingShingle | Sabah Saeid Mahmoud Mahfoth Solyaman Hasan Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis among Schizophrenic patients Yemeni Journal for Medical Sciences |
| title | Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis among Schizophrenic patients |
| title_full | Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis among Schizophrenic patients |
| title_fullStr | Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis among Schizophrenic patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis among Schizophrenic patients |
| title_short | Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis among Schizophrenic patients |
| title_sort | seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis among schizophrenic patients |
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