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1Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Abstract:
Wang et al. found that elderly COVID-19 patients were at risk of AD. The following facts suggest a possible explanation: reactivation of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) and other herpesviruses can occur in SARS-CoV-2 patients; in cell cultures, HSV1 infection causes occurrence of many AD-like features, as does reactivation of latent HSV1 after addition of certain infectious agents; recurrent experimental reactivation of HSV1-infected mice leads to formation of the main features of AD brains, and to cognitive decline. These suggest that COVID-19 results in repeated reactivation of HSV1 in brain, with subsequent accumulation of damage and eventual development of AD.
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