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Herpes Might Cause Alzheimer's

http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070103_herpes_alzheimers.html

New research supports growing concerns that herpes plays a role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia.

The latest work, announced today, shows a link between a gene and herpes simplex 1, or HSV. The form of the ApoE gene called ApoE-4 is the leading known risk factor for Alzheimer’s. And HSV is the form of herpes that causes cold sores around the mouth. More than 80 percent of Americans are infected with HSV.

 

[LordOpie]

You let me know when dementia causes herpes, then I'll be concerned.

 

[stevew]

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