An estimated two billion people around the world have the parasite Toxoplasma gondii (often transmitted through cat feces) in their brains. A new collaborative study suggests that may be more harmful than previously believed. In the study, researchers from 16 institutions found that the parasite might increase risk of epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s.
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據估計，全球有20億人腦部存有弓形蟲，一種經貓糞傳播的寄生蟲。而最近一項由多所院校組織合作進行的研究發現，弓形蟲對人體的危害程度可能比過往所認知的嚴重。 是次研究由16所學院的研究人員進行，結果顯示弓形蟲可能會增加患上癲癇、老人認知障礙症和柏金遜症的風險。