Herpes Might Cause Alzheimer's
http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070103_herpes_alzheimers.html
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New research supports growing concerns that herpes plays a role in the development of Alzheimers 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 Alzheimers. And HSV is the form of herpes that causes cold sores around the mouth. More than 80 percent of Americans are infected with HSV.