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Microbe linked to Alzheimer’s disease

The unexpected presence of a pneumonia-causing bacterium in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease hints the degenerative illness may have an infectious origin.

References:

Balin, B.J. . . . A.P. Hudson. 1998. Identification and localization of Chlamydia pneumoniae in the Alzheimer’s brain. Medical Microbiology and Immunology 187(August):23.

Further Readings:

Fackelmann, K.A. 1997. Harbinger of a heart attack. Science News 151(June 14):374.

______. 1994. Anti-inflammatories: New hope for Alzheimer’s. Science News 145(Feb. 19):116.

______. 1992. Anatomy of Alzheimer’s. Science News 142(Dec. 5):394.

Sources:

Brian J. Balin
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
4170 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131-1694

Alan P. Hudson
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Department of Immunology and Microbiology
Gordon H. Scott Hall
540 East Canfield Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201

Joseph Rogers
Sun Health Research Institute
P.O. Box 1278
Sun City, AZ 85372

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 21, November 21, 1998, p. 325. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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