Toxoplasma gondii infection by serological and molecular methods in schizophrenia patients with and without suicide attempts: An age-sex-matched case-control study
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE, vol.75, no.8, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 75 Issue: 8
- Publication Date: 2021
- Doi Number: 10.1111/ijcp.14449
- Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, MEDLINE
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Introduction The opinion that latent Toxoplasma gondii infection is having a broadly asymptomatic projection has now been interrogated, in specific due to the echoed association between the latent infection and an elevated incidence of schizophrenia or even suicide attempts. Notwithstanding conducted studies aimed to understand this feasible link are restricted.