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Simone Agostini1, Mario Clerici, Roberta Mancuso.
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease is a leading cause of dementia with a multifactorial and still barely understood etiology. A growing body of epidemiologic and experimental data support a role for infectious agents in this process; herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), in particular, is a strong suspect. We briefly summarize the data pointing at a pathogenic role for HSV-1 in the development of Alzheimer's disease and review results indicating that antiviral might be beneficial in the therapy of this condition.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24502805 DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2014.887442
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther ISSN: 1478-7210 Impact factor: 5.091