A new perspective on essential tremor: the potential etiologic role of Toxoplasma gondii and Toxocara spp.
| Autor: | Celik T; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Adiyaman University, Adiyaman, Turkey., Altunisik E; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Adiyaman University, Adiyaman, Turkey., Yar TM; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey., Gul T; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey., Kasko Arici Y; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey., Karaman U; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | International journal of environmental health research [Int J Environ Health Res] 2024 Sep 17, pp. 1-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 17. |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09603123.2024.2404480 |
| Abstrakt: | Our aim was to examine the relationship between Toxoplasma gondii ( T. gondii ) and Toxocara infection and patients with essential tremor (ET). This study comprised a total of 174 participants, consisting of 99 patients with ET and 75 healthy controls. The presence of anti- T. gondii IgG and anti- Toxocara IgG antibodies was investigated using ELISA. The relationship between the severity of the disease and the seropositivity of T. gondii and Toxocara were examined. The seropositivity rate for anti- T. gondii IgG antibodies among patients and control groups were 43.4% and 12%, respectively (odds ratio [OR]: 5.63; 95% CI: 2.53-12.56). The patient group exhibited a higher seroprevalence of anti- Toxocara IgG antibodies (32.3%) compared with the control group (13.3%; OR: 3.10; 95% CI: 1.41-6.83; p = 0.004). This study suggests that T. gondii and Toxocara infections can contribute to the pathogenic mechanisms underlying ET and could be risk factors for ET. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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