CORRECTION article

Front. Psychiatry

Sec. Psychological Therapy and Psychosomatics

Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1639610

Sexually aggressive behavior triggered by parasitic infection – how parasites can influence our personality

Provisionally accepted
  • Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany

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Error in figure/tableIn the published article, there was an error in Figure 1 as published. The numbering in the figure (Figure 1. Development cycle and transmission routes of Toxoplasma gondii. The typical coccidial cycle takes place in the intestinal epithelium of felids, which become infected through oocysts (2), “pseudocysts”(8) and tissue cysts (6, 11). 1.-11 (28)..). These refer to the bibliography - this should not be the case (it only refers to the numbers in the figure). The link to the bibliography must be removed! And “Source: Reproduced from Mehlhorn (28), with permission. © Springer-Verlag GmbH is missed. The corrected Figure 1 and its caption Figure 1 Development cycle and transmission routes of Toxoplasma gondii. The typical coccidial cycle takes place in the intestinal epithelium of felids, which become infected through oocysts (2), “pseudocysts” (8) and tissue cysts (6, 11). 1–11. Routes of infection in intermediate hosts. Source: Reproduced from Mehlhorn (28), with permission. © Springer-Verlag GmbH appear below.

Keywords: personality change, Parasitic Infection, Sexual aggression, Toxoplasma gondii, neuropsychiatric, Psychological behavior

Received: 02 Jun 2025; Accepted: 27 Jun 2025.

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* Correspondence: Marco Goczol, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany

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