SEROPREVALENCE OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS VERSUS HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND ITS POSSIBLE IMPACT ON HUMAN SERUM DOPAMINE LEVEL

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University

2 Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt

Abstract

Several studies demonstrated a high seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in schizophrenic
patients than healthy individuals. This case control study determined the serprevalence of T.
gondii among schizophrenic patients and healthy individuals at Kafrelsheikh University
Hospitals and to estimate its effect on serum dopamine level. T. gondii IgG was detected in
52.2% &23.9% of schizophrenic patients and healthy individuals respectively with significance
(P value = 0.005). Serum dopamine level was higher in schizophrenic patients than
healthy individuals with statistical significance (P = <0.001) and also higher in T. gondii IgG
positive than T. gondii IgG negative patients with statistical significance (P = <0.001).

Keywords

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Volume 51, Issue 2
August 2021
Pages 365-370

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics