Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in individuals with first-episode schizophrenia

Robert H. Yolken; Silke Bachmann; Inna Rouslanova; Erik Lillehoj; Glen Ford; E. Fuller Torrey; Johannes Schroeder

doi:10.1086/319221

Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in individuals with first-episode schizophrenia

Robert H. Yolken, Silke Bachmann, Inna Rouslanova, Erik Lillehoj, Glen Ford, E. Fuller Torrey, Johannes Schroeder

School of Medicine

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

136 Scopus citations

Abstract

We employed enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and Western blotting techniques to measure the level of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii proteins in serum samples from 38 individuals undergoing their first episode of schizophrenia and from a group of matched control subjects. We found that the individuals with first-episode schizophrenia had significantly increased levels of IgG, IgM, and IgA class antibodies to Toxoplasma proteins, as compared with the control subjects.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	842-844
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	32
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/319221
State	Published - Mar 1 2001

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

Access to Document

10.1086/319221

Cite this

@article{e7cbbd35f7d448f68a578656ad4697ca,

title = "Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in individuals with first-episode schizophrenia",

abstract = "We employed enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and Western blotting techniques to measure the level of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii proteins in serum samples from 38 individuals undergoing their first episode of schizophrenia and from a group of matched control subjects. We found that the individuals with first-episode schizophrenia had significantly increased levels of IgG, IgM, and IgA class antibodies to Toxoplasma proteins, as compared with the control subjects.",

author = "Yolken, {Robert H.} and Silke Bachmann and Inna Rouslanova and Erik Lillehoj and Glen Ford and Torrey, {E. Fuller} and Johannes Schroeder",

year = "2001",

month = mar,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1086/319221",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "32",

pages = "842--844",

journal = "Clinical Infectious Diseases",

issn = "1058-4838",

publisher = "Oxford University Press",

number = "5",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in individuals with first-episode schizophrenia

AU - Yolken, Robert H.

AU - Bachmann, Silke

AU - Rouslanova, Inna

AU - Lillehoj, Erik

AU - Ford, Glen

AU - Torrey, E. Fuller

AU - Schroeder, Johannes

PY - 2001/3/1

Y1 - 2001/3/1

N2 - We employed enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and Western blotting techniques to measure the level of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii proteins in serum samples from 38 individuals undergoing their first episode of schizophrenia and from a group of matched control subjects. We found that the individuals with first-episode schizophrenia had significantly increased levels of IgG, IgM, and IgA class antibodies to Toxoplasma proteins, as compared with the control subjects.

AB - We employed enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and Western blotting techniques to measure the level of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii proteins in serum samples from 38 individuals undergoing their first episode of schizophrenia and from a group of matched control subjects. We found that the individuals with first-episode schizophrenia had significantly increased levels of IgG, IgM, and IgA class antibodies to Toxoplasma proteins, as compared with the control subjects.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035282383&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0035282383&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1086/319221

DO - 10.1086/319221

M3 - Article

C2 - 11229859

AN - SCOPUS:0035282383

SN - 1058-4838

VL - 32

SP - 842

EP - 844

JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases

JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases

IS - 5

ER -

Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in individuals with first-episode schizophrenia

Abstract

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this