Lester David
Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, 101 Vera King Farris Drive, Galloway, NJ 08205-9441, USA.
Psychol Rep. 2012 Aug;111(1):196-7. doi: 10.2466/12.15.16.PR0.111.4.196-197.
In a sample of 20 European nations, the prevalence of the brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii was positively associated with national homicide rates, amplifying previous research indicating a positive association of Toxoplasma gondii with suicide rates. Possible causal mechanisms were proposed.
在一个包含20个欧洲国家的样本中,脑寄生虫弓形虫的流行率与各国的杀人率呈正相关,这进一步证实了先前关于弓形虫与自杀率呈正相关的研究。文中还提出了可能的因果机制。