According to a latest geographic analysis led by the U.S. Geological Survey and French infectious disease research institute MIVEGEC, countries where Toxoplasma gondii is common had higher incidences of adult brain cancers than in those countries where the organism is not common.
Toxoplasma gondii is a single-celled organism found worldwide in at least one-third of the human population, researchers said.
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Parasite strikes again?
A Common Parasite May be Linked to Brain Cancers
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