Association between latent toxoplasmosis and cognition in adults: A cross-sectional study

Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 557-565

  Gale, S D ^a   Brown, B L ^a   Erickson, L D ^a   Berrett, A ^a   Hedges, D W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; cognition; memory; processing speed; Toxoplasma gondii; toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924705777     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182014001577     Document Type: Article

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