Productive herpes simplex virus in brain of elderly normal subjects and Alzheimer's disease patients.
It was previously shown that herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) DNA resides latently in a high proportion of aged brains and that in carriers of the type 4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE-epsilon4), it confers a strong risk of Alzheimer's disease. It was suggested that initial entry o...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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