Cat ownership is neither a strong predictor of Toxoplasma gondii infection nor a risk factor for brain cancer
Author(s) -
Marion Vittecoq,
Kevin D. Lafferty,
Éric Elguero,
Jacques Brodeur,
Michel GauthierClerc,
Dorothée Missé,
Benjamín Roche,
Frédéric Thomas
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
biology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.596
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1744-957X
pISSN - 1744-9561
DOI - 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0625
Subject(s) - biology , toxoplasma gondii , library science , impact factor , art history , anthropology , classics , history , sociology , immunology , antibody , biochemistry , computer science
Using a dataset including 37 countries, we recently reported a positive correlation between the national seroprevalence of the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii and the national incidence of brain cancer [[1][1]]. We further established the significance of this association in a second paper
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