Latent toxoplasmosis, Cytomegalovirus, and Herpes Simplex Virus infections and risk of motorcycle accidents: A case-control study in a county with a high rate of motorcycle injuries in Iran.
Esmail RayatdoostMahdi CheginAli TaghipourEnayat ShadmandFatemeh RezaeiShahab FalahiAzra KenarkoohiMilad BadriKavous SolhjooAmir AbdoliPublished in: PloS one (2024)
Although latent toxoplasmosis has been associated with traffic accidents in recent reports, we found a negative association between latent toxoplasmosis and motorcycle accidents among survivors of these accidents. As such, latent CMV and HSV infections did not differ significantly between the cases compared to the control groups.