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ANTIBODIES TO INFECTIOUS AGENTS IN INDIVIDUALS AT ULTRA-HIGH RISK FOR PSYCHOSIS Biol Psychiatry, 2007 Jan 2; [Epub ahead of print] Amminger GP, McGorry PD, Berger GE, Wade D, Yung AR, Phillips LJ, Harrigan SM, Francey SM, Yolken RH ORYGEN Research Centre (incorporating the Personal Assistance and Crises Evaluation [PACE] Clinic), Department of Psychiatry, University of […]

ANTIBODIES TO TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA: A META-ANALYSIS Schizophr Bull. 2006 Nov 3; [Epub ahead of print] Torrey EF, Bartko JJ, Lun ZR, Yolken RH Stanley Brain Research Laboratory, The Stanley Medical Research Institute, 8401 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 200, Chevy Chase, Bethesda, MD 20815 ABSTRACT: Recent studies have linked infectious agents to schizophrenia.

ASSOCIATION OF SERUM ANTIBODIES TO HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1 WITH COGNITIVE DEFICITS IN INDIVIDUALS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA Archives of General Psychiatry 60:466-472, 2003 Faith B. Dickerson, John J. Boronow, Cassie Stallings, Andrea E. Origoni, Inna Ruslanova, Robert H. Yolken ABSTRACT: Background: Cognitive deficits are a characteristic feature of schizophrenia and contribute to the profound disabilities with

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEVERITY OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT BUT NOT OF PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS IN INDIVIDUALS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA Schizophr Res. 2007 Jul;94(1-3):261-5. Epub 2007 May 8 Dickerson F, Stallings C, Origoni A, Boronow J, Yolken R Stanley Research Center at Sheppard Pratt, Sheppard Pratt Health System, 6501 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21204 USA

Herpes 11:2(Suppl):83A-88A, 2004 Robert Yolken ABSTRACT: Various factors have been implicated in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Evidence for an infectious cause includes the 508% increased risk among those born in the winter-spring months, when infectious diseases are more prevalent and at times when other infections (measles, varicella, poliomyelitis) show increased activity. Herpes simplex virus (HSV)

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COMPARING PHYLOGENETIC CODIVERGENCE BETWEEEN POLYOMAVIRUSES AND THEIR HOSTS J Virol. 2006 Jun;80(12):5663-9 Perez-Losada M, Christensen RG, McClellan DA, Adams BJ, Viscidi RP, Demma JC, Crandall KA Department of Integrative Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602-5181, USA. [email protected] ABSTRACT Seventy-two full genomes corresponding to nine mammalian (67 strains) and two avian (5 strains) polyomavirus species

Schizophrenia Bulletin Vol. 21, No. 2, 1995 Could Schizophrenia Be a Viral Zoonosis Transmitted From House Cats? By E. Fuller Torrey and Robert H. Yolken Abstract Studies have suggested that some cases of schizophrenia may be caused by viruses. We hypothesize that such cases may be cases of viral zoonosis transmitted primarily from house cats.

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