The study into link between toxoplasmosis and cancer has been deemed worthy of further research after it stoked fears that owning a cat could increase someone's risk of developing brain cancer
Toxoplasma gondii parasite can be spread to people from their pet cats (Image: Getty)
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No one likes their pet to be accused of spreading disease. I remember some time ago there was news that a parasite from dogs, Toxocara canis, could be passed on through contamination from dog faeces – and the campaign to use pooper-scoopers was born.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 16January 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
Summary:
New US Covid infections for the week ending January 16th were 8.5% below those of the week ending January 9th, so it appears that the incidence of new cases mat have peaked and is turning down, at least for the time being. One caveat to that, though, is that we don t know how many of the prior week s cases were from reports that had been delayed over the holidays. For a check on that, we can compare new cases from the week ending January 16th to those from the week ending December 19th, two weeks which sh
Toxin in undercooked meat linked to rare brain tumors
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A foodborne pathogen may be linked to a type of rare brain cancer in adults, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that people who have glioma are more likely to have antibodies to
toxoplasma gondii than a similar group that was cancer-free.
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That indicates they were previously infected with the parasite, which is most commonly acquired from undercooked meat.
The investigators examined the association between
T. gondii antibodies measured several years before the cancer was diagnosed and the risk of developing a glioma. This does not mean that T. gondii definitely causes glioma in all situations. Some people with glioma have no
Toxoplasma gondii Linked to Brain Tumor
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January 13, 2021
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Toxoplasmosis is caused by the protozoan parasite
Toxoplasma gondii, one of the world’s most common parasites. Infection usually occurs by eating undercooked contaminated meat, exposure from infected cat feces, or mother-to-child transmission during pregnancy. In the United States, it is estimated that 11% of the population six years and older have been infected with Toxoplasma. The parasite has been linked with Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, and cancer. Now a new study suggests a link between the parasite infection and the risk of glioma, a type of brain tumor.