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Significance of chronic toxoplasmosis in epidemiology of road traffic accidents in Russian Federation

Maria S. MaksimovaEkaterina StepanovaNatalia A. TurbabinaMorozova LfKondrashin AvAlexey I. BrazhnikovSergei B. ShevchenkoMorozov EnSergiev Vp

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0301 basic medicineMaleCritical Care and Emergency Medicinelcsh:MedicineAntibodies ProtozoanRussiaGeographical LocationsEnvironmental protectionEpidemiologyMedicine and Health SciencesPrevalencePublic and Occupational Healthlcsh:ScienceRoad trafficTrauma MedicineGeographic AreasMultidisciplinaryGeographyTraumatic Injury Risk FactorsAccidents Traffic030108 mycology & parasitologyEuropeGeographyRoad Traffic CollisionsFemaleSafetyTraumatic InjuryToxoplasmosisResearch ArticleUrban Areasmedicine.medical_specialtyAsiaCognitive Neuroscience03 medical and health sciencesEnvironmental healthmedicineParasitic DiseasesReaction TimeSeroprevalenceHumansBehaviorProtozoan InfectionsRoad traffic safetylcsh:RTraffic SafetyBiology and Life Sciencesmedicine.diseaseToxoplasmosis030104 developmental biologyImmunoglobulin MCase-Control StudiesImmunoglobulin GPeople and PlacesChronic DiseaseEarth SciencesCognitive Sciencelcsh:QRussian federationhuman activitiesNeuroscience

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Studies carried out in Moscow residents have revealed that the prevalence of chronic toxoplasmosis is very close to those in countries of Eastern and Central Europe. Our findings also demonstrated a statistically significant relationship between the rate of traffic accidents and the seroprevalence of chronic toxoplasmosis in drivers who were held responsible for accidents. The latter was 2.37 times higher in drivers who were involved in road accidents compared with control groups. These results suggest that the consequences of chronic toxoplasmosis (particularly a slower reaction time and decreased concentration) might contribute to the peculiarities of the epidemiology of road traffic accidents in the Russian Federation and might interfere with the successful implementation of the Federal Programme named "Increase road traffic safety". Suggestions for how to address overcome this problem are discussed in this paper.

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2017-09-01PLoS ONE
10.1371/journal.pone.0184930http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5619715