The article compiles evidence that Toxoplasma gondii can be present in semen, correlates with sexual practices, and shows couple‑level transmission asymmetries consistent with male‑to‑partner spread. It also reviews human behavioral changes (slower threat response, altered jealousy, increased sexual partners) that may advantage the parasite’s transmission.
— If a common brain‑infiltrating parasite is sexually transmissible and behavior‑shaping in humans, sexual‑health guidance, road‑safety risk models, and even criminology and mental‑health debates must incorporate parasitology rather than treating outcomes as purely social or psychological.
Devin Reese
2026.01.15
60% relevant
Both pieces emphasize that parasite/vector biology interacts with host behavior and demography in underappreciated ways that affect public health. The Nautilus report—mosquitoes shifting to humans as vertebrate hosts decline—parallels the 'Toxoplasma' idea in showing how ecology and transmission routes can change disease dynamics and require rethinking surveillance and intervention strategies.
Isegoria
2026.01.07
78% relevant
Both items present microbes as causal agents that alter host brain function and behaviour; the article’s experiment (Amato et al.) extends the Toxoplasma theme from one parasite affecting behaviour to a broader hypothesis that microbiomes may shape neural gene expression, brain energetics and even risk signatures linked to ADHD/autism/schizophrenia — making the earlier Toxoplasma idea a directly relevant precedent and comparative case.
Aporia
2025.12.29
62% relevant
Both items link biological signals to behavioral outcomes: the taste–antisocial result is another instance of biological correlates (like the Toxoplasma work) that can reshape how social scientists and policymakers think about behavior, risk, and screening/early‑intervention strategies.
Aporia
2025.10.02
100% relevant
Cited findings that infected men’s partners have higher seroprevalence while infected women don’t raise male risk; higher T. gondii rates among people who practice fellatio and unprotected anal sex; and longitudinal links between infection duration and slower reaction times (Flegr et al., 2005; Hlaváčová et al., 2021; Latifi et al., 2025).