Toxoplasmosis Increased Male Birth Rates

Researchers found that women with high levels of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite transmitted from cats that causes toxoplasmosis, were significantly more likely to give birth to boys. In most human populations, about 51 percent of births are male, but women with toxoplasmosis infections had male birth rates as high as 72 percent.

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