Posted by AMenz on July 7, 2001, at 10:57:37
In reply to Borna Virus Linked With Severe Mood Disorders , posted by Zo on July 7, 2001, at 0:40:28
Great but how do you get tested, and is there a "cure".
> Borna Disease Virus Linked With Severe Mood Disorders
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> LONDON (Reuters Health) Jul 05 - High amounts of circulating immune complexes of Borna disease virus correlates with severity of depression, investigators in Germany report.
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> Borna disease virus targets limbic structure neurons and is known to cause behavioral abnormalities in animals, Dr. Liv Bode of the Robert Koch-Institut in Berlin and colleagues explain in the July issue of Molecular Psychiatry.
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> Using a highly sensitive enzyme immune assay to analysis 3000 human plasma samples, Dr. Bode's group found that Borna disease virus-specific circulating immune complexes in humans were approximately "10 times higher" than that detected by previous serologic studies.
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> In group of 28 patients with major depressive disorder or depressive crisis in bipolar disorder and 28 patients with moderate depressive symptoms, the infection rate approached 100%, Dr. Bode's group reports. Infection rates in a healthy control group of 65 subjects was only 32%. The investigators also noted that high immune complex levels paralleled severe depression.
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> The investigators conclude that "an etiopathogenic role of Borna disease virus in mood disorders seems considerably strengthened, given the significant coincidence of severe disease and antigenemia."
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> Mol Psychiatry 2001;6:481-491.
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