Given the article's suggestion that some people react differently to infection (as in the schizophrenia/immune-system discussion, and not just by gender), plus the similarity of cat ladies' behavior with infected rats in some dimensions, a link between this parasite and the 'cat lady' archetype is not an outlandish conjecture.
Given the article's suggestion that some people react differently to infection (as in the schizophrenia/immune-system discussion, and not just by gender), plus the similarity of cat ladies' behavior with infected rats in some dimensions, a link between this parasite and the 'cat lady' archetype is not an outlandish conjecture.