Biofoundationalism: The Moral Genotype II — Parasites, Behavioral Changes, & Sexual Transmission

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The following research covers cognitive, behavioral, and physical effects associated with parasites, microbiomes, homosexuality, and disease.

Table of Contents

1. Infectious Causation & Evolutionary Theory
   1. Evolutionary arguments for infectious causes of chronic disease, behavioral traits, and homosexuality
2. Parasite Manipulation of the Brain
   1. How parasites can alter neural signaling, behavior, and host defenses.
3. Toxoplasma gondii
   1. Human behavioral, physiological, sexual, reproductive, and neurological associations with latent toxoplasmosis.
4. Sexual Transmission & Behavioral Manipulation
   1. Evidence and hypotheses concerning sexually transmitted parasites and host sexual behavior.
5. MSM Gut Microbiome & HIV Susceptibility
   1. Microbiome differences associated with gay men, sexual behavior, inflammation, and HIV acquisition.
6. HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders
   1. Cognitive impairment, HIV transmission route, and proposed infectious cofactors.
7. Candida & Fungal-Disease Hypotheses
   1. Candida transmission, vulvovaginal candidiasis, neurological disease, and proposed fungal mechanisms.
8. Multiple Sclerosis & Infectious Etiology
   1. Evidence and hypotheses concerning fungal, viral, and sexually associated contributors to MS.
9. Sexual-Behavior Hypotheses
   1. Infectious explanations proposed for sexual orientation and other sexual preferences.
10. Human Anti-Parasite Defenses
    1. Biological and cultural mechanisms proposed to resist pathogen manipulation.
11. Parasites: Manipulation of Human Sexual Behavior
    1. Sexually transmitted parasites are under selection pressure to manipulate host behavior in ways that increase transmission

MSM = men who have sex with men

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