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>Dentists had more cases of alzheimer than other groups of doctors Herpes? 1. Travels along nerve cells 2. Causes lifelong infection 3. Can enter the brain
by meindnoch 3y ago
>Dentists had more cases of alzheimer than other groups of doctors
Herpes?
1. Travels along nerve cells
2. Causes lifelong infection
3. Can enter the brain (HSV encephalitis)
4. Herpetic whitlow used to be an occupational disease of dental workers (still is to some extent)
"Overwhelming Evidence for a Major Role for Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV1) in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD); Underwhelming Evidence against"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8234998/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8234998/