Decrease of psychomotor performance in subjects with latent 'asymptomatic' toxoplasmosis

Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 515-520

  Havlicek J ^a   Gasova Z ^b   Smith, A P ^c   Zvara K ^a   Flegr, J ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION   (Czech Republic)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Evolution; Human; Manipulation hypothesis; Parasite; Reaction times; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

FELIS CATUS; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0035005107     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001007624     Document Type: Article

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