article_snippet: There is evidence that parasites can affect human behaviour. '
article_snippet: A study led by Dr Glenn McConkey, also of the University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences, has shown that the parasite Toxoplasma gondii directly affects the chemistry of the human brain. '
article_snippet: Researchers from the University of Leeds, Queen's University Belfast and Stellenbosch University in South Africa published Queen's University Belfast and Stellenbosch University in South Africa study in in Royal Society Open Science today.
article_snippet: Mandy Bunke, a PhD student at the University of Leeds who was the key researcher on their study in in Royal Society Open Science, said: 'Although the parasite is tiny—similar in size to a human red blood cell
article_snippet: —there are millions of the parasite is tiny—similar in size to a human red blood cell in the host muscle
article_snippet: Dr Dunn added: 'The parasite is quite debilitating.
article_snippet: There is evidence that parasites can affect human behaviour. '
article_snippet: A study led by Dr Glenn McConkey, also of the University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences, has shown that the parasite Toxoplasma gondii directly affects the chemistry of the human brain. '