The Association of Latent Toxoplasmosis and Level of Serum Testosterone in Humans

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Zouei N¹ ; Shojaee S¹ ; Mohebali M¹ ; Keshavarz H¹

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1. Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Pour Sina St., Ghods St., Enghelab St., Tehran, 1417613191, Iran

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Objectives: Latent toxoplasmosis modifies various hormones and behaviors in infected hosts and possibly involves in etiology of different neurologic and psychiatric disorders. The aim of the current study was to assess possible associations between latent toxoplasmosis and testosterone concentration in Toxoplasma infected and free subjects. Briefly, 18-49 year-old participated in the study. After collected blood samples, sera were analyzed for the detection of anti-Toxoplasma IgG antibody. Totally, 76 positive sera were selected as study group (38 from men and 38 from women) and a same number of negative sera as control group. Results: Comparison of testosterone concentrations and control groups showed that testosterone concentration in study group was higher than that in control group with statistically significant difference (P = 0.024 and P = 0.043 for men and women, respectively). Significant differences were found in testosterone concentrations and anti-Toxoplasma IgG antibody levels in study and control groups (P < 0.05). Toxoplasmosis can affect the mean concentration of serum testosterone in human. Alteration of testosterone during latent toxoplasmosis can result in alterations in behavioral, physiologic and immunological parameters in long time. © 2018 The Author(s).

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MLA	Zouei N, et al.. "The Association of Latent Toxoplasmosis and Level of Serum Testosterone in Humans." BMC Research Notes, vol. 11, no. 1, 2018, pp. -.
APA	Zouei N, Shojaee S, Mohebali M, Keshavarz H (2018). The Association of Latent Toxoplasmosis and Level of Serum Testosterone in Humans. BMC Research Notes, 11(1), -.
Chicago	Zouei N, Shojaee S, Mohebali M, Keshavarz H. "The Association of Latent Toxoplasmosis and Level of Serum Testosterone in Humans." BMC Research Notes 11, no. 1 (2018): -.
Harvard	Zouei N et al. (2018) 'The Association of Latent Toxoplasmosis and Level of Serum Testosterone in Humans', BMC Research Notes, 11(1), pp. -.
Vancouver	Zouei N, Shojaee S, Mohebali M, Keshavarz H. The Association of Latent Toxoplasmosis and Level of Serum Testosterone in Humans. BMC Research Notes. 2018;11(1):-.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Zouei N and Shojaee S and Mohebali M and Keshavarz H}, title = {The Association of Latent Toxoplasmosis and Level of Serum Testosterone in Humans}, journal = {BMC Research Notes}, volume = {11}, number = {1}, pages = {-}, year = {2018} }
RIS	TY - JOUR AU - Zouei N AU - Shojaee S AU - Mohebali M AU - Keshavarz H TI - The Association of Latent Toxoplasmosis and Level of Serum Testosterone in Humans JO - BMC Research Notes VL - 11 IS - 1 SP - EP - PY - 2018 ER -

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