Cat parasite linked with higher women suicide rates: Study - SINGAPORE

Cat parasite linked with higher women suicide rates: Study: KUALA LUMPUR -

Is a certain cat parasite driving people to commit suicide?

A recently published international report has linked women infected with the cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii ) with a higher risk of suicide attempts.

A new Universiti Malaya study has also shed some light on the correlation.

Parasitologist Assoc Prof Dr Veeranoot Nissapatorn said that out of 226 mentally-ill patients screened for T. gondii, 76 or 33.6 per cent of those with schizophrenia were infected.

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