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Can Cats Cause Schizophrenia?

by Christoph · Published March 8, 2013 · Updated March 8, 2013

Czech scientists think so. Or, more precisely: Cats can infect you with toxoplasmosis, a disease caused by microbes that may as well be able to trigger shizophrenia.

This theory by Jaroslav Flegr from Charles University in Prague is also a major breakthrough in providing an explanation for the eccentric behaviour of cats.

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