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The load of Chlamydia pneumoniae in the Alzheimer's brain varies with APOE genotype.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Jan 2000
Gérard Hervé C, Wildt Kristin L, Whittum-Hudson Judith A, Lai Zongshan, Ager Joel, Hudson Alan P
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Studies from this laboratory have indicated that the intracellular eubacterial respiratory pathogen Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) pneumoniae is commonly found in brain regions displaying characteristic neuropathology in patients with late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) but not in congruent samples from non-AD control individuals. In later work, we provided evidence suggesting that some relationship exists between the...
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