Re:Mindsuckers: Meet Nature’s Nightmare
by anigbrowl on Friday October 17, 2014 @03:27PM
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Toxoplasma gondii can infect humans as well* if they have sufficient contact with cat excreta, and lead to a similar disregard for dangerous situations. I conjecture that some non-negligible fraction of violent criminals carry this parasite and that it would be worth screening for in incarcerated populations.
* http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/how-your...