The role of psychological factors in questionnaire-based studies on routes of human toxoplasmosis transmission
Jazyk angličtina Země Česko Médium print
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články, práce podpořená grantem
PubMed
9524742
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- kočky MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- prevalence MeSH
- průzkumy a dotazníky * MeSH
- rizikové faktory MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- sexuální faktory MeSH
- stravovací zvyklosti MeSH
- Toxoplasma imunologie MeSH
- toxoplazmóza epidemiologie imunologie psychologie přenos MeSH
- věkové faktory MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- kočky MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika epidemiologie MeSH
The paper studies impacts of particular toxoplasmosis risk factors (consumption of raw meat and contact with cats), their interactions, and their relationship with the personality of the subjects. Among 243 men and 343 women the frequency of subjects with antitoxoplasma immunity was 26.6% and 21.6%, respectively. The association of antitoxoplasma immunity (assessed by the toxoplasmin skin test) with the two risk factors was estimated by log-linear analysis. Reported contact with cats has no influence on the probability of having antitoxoplasma immunity (P = 0.23) while the consumption of raw meat increased this probability (P = 0.0008). Very strong positive association between the contact with cats and the raw meat consumption was found among subjects without toxoplasmosis (P = 0.0028), suggesting that among these persons some subjects either incorrectly assessed their exposition to the risk factors or provided false data during the interview. The results of logistic regression suggest that the contact with cat and the consumption of raw meat are associated with particular personality traits. However, these traits differ from those associated with antitoxoplasma immunity suggesting that the correlation between antitoxoplasma immunity and consumption of raw meat reflects epidemiological importance of the raw meat rather than a correlation of both factors (raw meat consumption and probability of acquiring toxoplasmosis) with the subjects personality.
Effects of toxoplasma on human behavior