The prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in stutterers is higher than in the control group

Title:

The prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in stutterers is higher than in the control group

Creator:

Çelik, Tuncay, Gökçen, Cem, Aytaş, Özgür, Özçelik, Aysima, Çelik, Mustafa, and Çoban, Nurdan

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:49cdef22-fe6e-469a-b227-8b08376e458b
uuid:49cdef22-fe6e-469a-b227-8b08376e458b
issn:1803-6465
doi:10.14411/fp.2015.066

Subject:

toxoplazmóza, koktavost, elektroencefalografie, toxoplasmosis, stuttering, electroencephalography, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, magnetic resonance imaging, 2, and 59

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

print, počítač, and online zdroj

Description:

The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible relationship between Toxoplasma gondii (Nicolle et Manceaux, 1908) and stuttering. We investigated the seropositivity rate for anti-T. gondii IgG and antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in stuttering children to ascertain a possible relationship between T. gondii infection and stuttering. We selected 65 stuttering children and 65 control children (non-stutterers) to investigate the seropositivity rate of anti-T. gondii antibodies by ELISA. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and scalp electroencephalography (EEG) were also performed in stuttering children. The seropositivity rate of anti-T. gondii IgG antibodies among stuttering children (28%) was significantly higher than in control group (5%; p = 0.001). No abnormality was detected in cranial MRI's of stutttering children and their EEG recordings were also normal. There was no significant difference in seropositivity rate regarding age, genders and residence area. The association between seroprevalence of infection with T. gondii and stuttering may be due to hyperdopaminergic state in brains of patients who are T. gondii-seropositive. Thus, there might be a causal relationship between toxoplasmosis and stuttering., Tuncay Çelik, Cem Gökçen, Özgür Aytaş, Aysima Özçelik, Mustafa Çelik, Nurdan Çoban., and Obsahuje bibliografii

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

1-5

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2015 Volume:62 | Number:1

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