Seropositivity to herpes simplex virus antibodies and risk of Alzheimer's disease: a population-base...
Seropositivity to herpes simplex virus antibodies and risk of Alzheimer's disease: a population-based cohort study
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
United States: Public Library of Science
Journal title
Language
English
Formats
Publication information
Publisher
United States: Public Library of Science
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) infection has been proposed as a possible risk factor of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) notably because it is neurotropic, ubiquitous in the general population and able to establish lifelong latency in the host. The fact that HSV was present in elderly subjects with AD suggests that the virus could be a co-factor of the disease...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Seropositivity to herpes simplex virus antibodies and risk of Alzheimer's disease: a population-based cohort study
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
TN_cdi_plos_journals_1312311948
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1312311948
Other Identifiers
ISSN
1932-6203
E-ISSN
1932-6203
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0003637
