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Parasites in the Brain

By Daniel R. Hawes on December 9, 2009 in Quilted Science

In 1896 Scientific American ran an editorial titled "Is insanity due to a microbe?", and thus started a lively discussion on infectious causes of schizophrenia, epilepsy and other diseases of the mind... Read More

Is there a medical test that

Submitted by Anonymous on December 10, 2009 - 8:10pm.

Is there a medical test that can easily detect these parasites?

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