The Viral Origin of Alzheimer’s Disease Remains Undecoded. But What We’ve Seen So Far Is Worrying.
<p>When I was a third-year undergraduate student, one of my neurobiology assignments was writing a literature review. As I scoured the literature for a compelling issue to write about, I came across the uncanny link between herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common form of neurodegenerative disease that involves memory loss.</p>
<p>I was so engrossed in the topic that I ended up publishing <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncel.2021.695738/full" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">a paper</a> on it in a Q1-ranking journal in 2021, a year after I graduated. So, with my familiarity with the topic, let me tell you the story about the infectious etiology of AD, and how Covid-19, the virus that concerns us all, is also involved.</p>
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