Fatal Attraction Phenomenon in Humans – Cat Odour Attractiveness Increased for Toxoplasma-Infected Men While Decreased for Infected Women

BACKGROUND: Latent toxoplasmosis, a lifelong infection with the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, has cumulative effects on the behaviour of hosts, including humans. The most impressive effect of toxoplasmosis is the “fatal attraction phenomenon,” the conversion of innate fear of cat odour into attractio...

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Autores principales: Flegr, Jaroslav, Lenochová, Pavlína, Hodný, Zdeněk, Vondrová, Marta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3210761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22087345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001389

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3210761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22087345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001389

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