[UA] Toxoplasmosis and cat mind-control

[Tatterdemalion]

Three items on the same subject:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8122-826557,00.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_ui
ds=12853170&dopt=Abstract

http://www.carlzimmer.com/articles/2000/articles_2000_1.html

Apparently, the parasites get in and screw with neurotransmitters in ways we
don't quite understand yet -- to make their targets *more vulnerable to
cats*, with some vaguely disturbing personality changes.

And based on preliminary studies, 30-90% of people (varying from country to
country) are infected already.

There's no known cure.

--Lisa