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Does latent Toxoplasma infection mimic the immune profile of schizophrenia? Sex-specific cytokine and brain-marker alterations suggest partial overlap

2026-01-04 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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BackgroundSchizophrenia often features low-grade neuroinflammation. Because latent toxoplasmosis (LT) is common in this population, we tested whether LT yields a biomarker pattern resembling that reported in schizophrenia. MethodsWe quantified 15 cytokines and 15 blood markers of brain injury in 65 LT-positive individuals and 103 matched LT-negative controls using multiplex immunoassays. Multivariate effects of infection, age, sex, and their interaction were assessed by MANCOVA and PERMANOVA. E...

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