How plausible is a link between HSV-1 infection and Alzheimer’s disease?

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Maurice Preter MD
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2014 Mar;12(3):275-8. doi: 10.1586/14787210.2014.887442. Epub 2014 Feb 6.

How plausible is a link between HSV-1 infection and Alzheimer’s disease?

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.

PMID:

 

24502805

 

[PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Maurice Preter, MD

About Maurice Preter MD

Maurice Preter, MD is a European and U.S. educated psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychopharmacologist, neurologist, and medical-legal expert in private practice in Manhattan. He is also the principal of Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, PLLC, a medical concierge service and health advisory for select individuals and families.
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