Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and cognitive functions in school-aged children

Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1221-1227

  Mendy, A ^a   Vieira, E R ^b   Albatineh, A N ^b   Gasana, J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c South Florida Asthma Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; cognitive function; infection; intelligence; math; memory; parasites; reading; school aged children; Toxoplasma gondii; Vitamin E; vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RETINOL; VITAMIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VERBAL MEMORY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUTRITION; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; UNITED STATES;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937072984     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182015000505     Document Type: Article

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