Can cats cause schizophrenia?
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"....comes from cats: the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. A fetus can develop toxoplasmosis through its mother if she is exposed to cat feces containing the parasite. An article from The Times of London describes the evidence suggesting that the same parasite contributes to schizophrenia."
TOL is not a scientific journal,.
However, this is interesting!l
http://cogweb.ucla.edu/ep/Schizovirus.html is the link omitted from my previous comment
I've always heard that a woman shouldn't handle a litterbox (or cat feces in any way) while pregnant because of that. It was a great excuse to get out of litter duty when I was pregnant!