专家:猫屎寄生虫让人想自杀

Women infected with a parasite spread by cat feces run a higher risk of attempting suicide, AFP reported.

据美联社报道，女性如果感染了由猫屎传播的一种寄生虫，尝试自杀的几率会更高。

University of Maryland medical school studied more than 45,000 women in Denmark and noted "a predictive association between the infection and suicide attempts later in life that warrants additional studies."

美国马里兰大学医学院研究了45000名丹麦女性，然后提出：“感染这种寄生虫和在今后生活中尝试自杀之间有一种预见性的联系，而且有必要通过进一步研究论证。”

About one in three people in the world are believed to be infected with T. gondii, which has been linked to schizophrenia and behavior changes, but often produces no symptoms as it lurks in brain and muscle cells.

世界上1/3的人口被确信感染了弓形虫，会致使精神分裂症和行为改变，但在它进入大脑和肌肉细胞时常常不会产生症状。