Fatal attraction phenomenon in humans: cat odour attractiveness increased for toxoplasma-infected men while decreased for infected women.

Latent toxoplasmosis, a lifelong infection with the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, has cumulative effects on the behaviour of hosts, including humans. The most impressive effect of toxoplasmosis is the "fatal attraction phenomenon," the conversion of innate fear of cat odour into attraction...

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Main Authors: Jaroslav Flegr (Author), Pavlína Lenochová (Author), Zdeněk Hodný (Author), Marta Vondrová (Author)
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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