Fatal attraction phenomenon in humans ? cat odour attractiveness increased for Toxoplasma-infected men while decreased for infected women

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Fatal attraction phenomenon in humans ? cat odour attractiveness increased for Toxoplasma-infected men while decreased for infected women

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Latent toxoplasmosis has cumulative effects on the behaviour of hosts, including humans. The most impressive effect of toxoplasmosis is the so-called "fatal attraction phenomenon," the conversion of innate fear of odour of the definitive host, the cat, into attraction to cat odour in Toxoplasma infected rodents. While most behavioural effects of Toxoplasma infection were confirmed also in humans, neither the fatal attraction phenomenon nor any toxoplasmosis-induced changes in olfactory functions have been searched for in them. The study performed on 34 Toxoplasma-infected and 134 noninfected students showed that the infected men rated odour of cat urine as more pleasant than did the noninfected men, while infected women rated the same odour as less pleasant than did noninfected women. No significant effect of toxoplasmosis on the urine odour pleasantness was found for horse, tiger, brown hyena and dog.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Fatal attraction phenomenon in humans ? cat odour attractiveness increased for Toxoplasma-infected men while decreased for infected women

Popis výsledku anglicky

Latent toxoplasmosis has cumulative effects on the behaviour of hosts, including humans. The most impressive effect of toxoplasmosis is the so-called "fatal attraction phenomenon," the conversion of innate fear of odour of the definitive host, the cat, into attraction to cat odour in Toxoplasma infected rodents. While most behavioural effects of Toxoplasma infection were confirmed also in humans, neither the fatal attraction phenomenon nor any toxoplasmosis-induced changes in olfactory functions have been searched for in them. The study performed on 34 Toxoplasma-infected and 134 noninfected students showed that the infected men rated odour of cat urine as more pleasant than did the noninfected men, while infected women rated the same odour as less pleasant than did noninfected women. No significant effect of toxoplasmosis on the urine odour pleasantness was found for horse, tiger, brown hyena and dog.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

EB - Genetika a molekulární biologie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Rok uplatnění

2011

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

ISSN

1935-2735

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

5

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

11

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

"e1389"

Kód UT WoS článku

000298134000020

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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