One of Toxoplasma’s most frightening — and most controversial— possible effects is its impact on the mind. If a woman is infected with the parasite while she is pregnant, her fetus may be at risk for developing schizophrenia and other mental disorders, according to a 2006 study of people living in Denmark, published in the journal Biological Psychiatry.
And that’s not all. A 2014 study that was published in The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease found Toxoplasma antibodies in patients with schizophrenia, providing further evidence for a potential link between the parasite and the mental illness.
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