Tuesday, April 7, 2015

T.gondii and Bee venom


Do people with bee sting allergies have t.gondii infections?

I have connected T.gondii with a variety of things: Seizures, Epilepsy, schizophrenia....but they are all  autoimmune which means cross-targeting autoimmunity must be occurring. A virus has to trigger the attack at the target tissue from the inside.  Are these autoimmune diseases all bee sensitive because of their connection to T.gondii?


Schizophrenia: t.gondii and the cytomegavirus
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130308111315.htm

Bee sting reactions have been found in schizophrenia patients
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5239954

I have connected in the past seizures/epilepsy with t.gondii and enteroviruses 
http://angelabiggs.blogspot.com/2015/01/nodding-disease-epilepsy-seizuresare.html

Seizures and bee stings 
http://epilepsyfoundation.ning.com/group/support-for-cps/forum/topics/bee-stings-and-seizures?commentId=2217546%3AComment%3A908079&xg_source=activity&groupId=2217546%3AGroup%3A819391
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22100477
http://www.japi.org/february_2012/11_cr_stroke_after_multiple.pdf

epilepsy and wasp stings
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8844507
http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/74/1/134.2.full

Does Apis mellifera venom (honey bee venom) effect T.gondii?

I can't see this paper to find out: 
  • Effect of Bee Venom on Toxoplasma gondii Tachyzoites in vitro - Ahmad G. Hegazi, Hassan A. El-Fadaly and Ashraf M. BARAKAT (Egypt)

T.gondii is carried by mice and cats
T.cruzi is carried by kissing bugs and the dogs that eat them

T.cruzi which causes changas is killed by honey bee venom
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23562368

The Kissing bug carries the T.cruzi the way mice carry T.gondii
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/animals/2013/09/san-antonio-humane-society-says-chagas-disease-possible-in-local-dogs/
note that kissing bugs are nocturnal so keep your pet in at night

Hymenoptera are the venom group of  Apoidea (bees), Vespoidea (wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets), and Formicidae (ants). 

What is it in the bee sting that Toxoplasmas dislike? perhaps the compound apamin which can cross the blood brain barrier. (our nerves don't like it either)
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/bi00682a035

Interestingly HoneyBee venom has been a remedy for malaria too.

Panafrican News Agency (PANA). 17 September 1997. Yahya el Hassan. "Curing Malaria with Bee Stings in Sudan." [Internet]. [Accessed 24 Dec. 1998].

https://books.google.com/books?id=JlSJDj5Lt98C&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=bee+stings+and+malaria&source=bl&ots=kXRWjUnlba&sig=Q7s5Av9JLOys_nMEi8I5pfzmRUg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oeQlVZaHA8K1oQTxpoHACQ&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=bee%20stings%20and%20malaria&f=false


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