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Dr John B.
@DrJohnB2
Scientist, lecturer & father. Whistleblower. I've published over 160 peer-reviewed papers (e.g. NEJM, Lancet, PNAS) I care about your health https://t.co/TYGQImPR83

Sep 29, 2021, 5 tweets

(1/n) Toxoplasmosis is a risk factor for acquiring SARS-CoV-2 infection and a severe course of COVID-19: parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
#covid19 #COVID

(2/n) The course of COVID-19 in Toxoplasma-free and Toxoplasma-infected men and women:

(3/n) "Toxoplasma-infected participants had a higher probability of being diagnosed with COVID-19 and of having a more severe course of the disease; they were more likely to end up hospitalised and more frequently needed to be treated at intensive care units."

(4/n) "Our data showed that latent toxoplasmosis was the strongest risk factor for a severe course of COVID-19."
"... latent toxoplasmosis seems to make human hosts
more prone to a wide spectrum of adverse effects, including genetic factors and pathogens."

(5/n) "The effect of being diagnosed with borreliosis was the third strongest effect observed in Toxoplasma-infected participants (Tau = 0.212), while in Toxoplasma-free individuals, no such effect was observed (Tau = 0.010)."

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