HSV presence in brains of individuals without dementia: the TASTY brain series

• Main Authors: Jan Olsson (Author), Hugo Lövheim (Author), Emma Honkala (Author), Pekka J. Karhunen (Author), Fredrik Elgh (Author), Eloise H. Kok (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 affects a majority of the population and recent evidence suggests involvement in Alzheimer's disease aetiology. We investigated the prevalence of HSV type 1 and 2 in the Tampere Autopsy Study (TASTY) brain samples using PCR and sero-positivity in plasma, and as...