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Pengaruh Infeksi Toxoplasma Gondii terhadap Bentuk Kepribadian dan Aktifitas Psikomotor pada Manusia
Toxoplasmosis is an infection due to Toxoplasma gondii , which is largely spreading both in the developing and developed countries. The toxoplasmosis prevalence variably between 2% to 80%. In general, toxoplasmosis do not showing symptoms. However, the newest research suggested that latent toxoplasmosis could cause behavior changes in the gnaw animal. It could be interpreted as parasite specific adaptation to augment the transmission probability from the intermediate to the definitive host by predatory. The comparison between the infected adult and the not infected by personality test questionnaire showed difference behavior pattern and psychomotoric decrease in the infected human. The personality change and the psychomotor decrease in human by the T. gondii is influenced by the dopamine and testosterone level, although the mechanism is not understood yet.
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