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Someone noted (vedtopkar) these are "HHV-6 and HHV-7, which cause roseola". Note that it's an incredibly common infection in babies. There's also another study
by code51 8y ago
Someone noted (vedtopkar) these are "HHV-6 and HHV-7, which cause roseola". Note that it's an incredibly common infection in babies.
There's also another study investigating association between HHV-6 and measles virus serology and brain antibody in autism:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9756729 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9756729
Reading these studies makes me think an ineffective blood-brain barrier or a brain-specific defence might trigger common viruses to present a wider family of brain-related diseases.
We also know there is literature on encephalitis caused by both HHV-6 and measles. I'm speculating that even in a micro, benign form, this condition is enough the shake brain structure.
We should probably investigate a more complex but more generic model of brain diseases.
- Gibbon1 8y ago> measles virus serology Potentially topical oddball thing I learned while looking up something on measles. About 1 in 10000 people[1] that contact measles go on to develop subacute sclerosing panencephalitis[2] 6 to 15 years later. While results in brain deterioration and death. [1] Might be 10X higher. [2] Obligatory Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subacute_sclerosing_panencephalitis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subacute_sclerosing_panencepha...