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Increased risk of hepatitis E virus infection in schizophrenia.
Archives of virology - 1 Feb 2013
Xue Yong, Sun Xiaohua, Li Yinghui, Liu Xin, Dong Chen
Abstract excerpt
Until now, the risk of HEV infection in schizophrenia was unknown. The present results showed that the seroprevalence of anti-HEV IgG and anti-HEV IgM in schizophrenia were significantly higher than that in healthy controls. Anti-HEV IgG positivity increased with age and with the duration of disease in schizophrenia patients. Moreover, schizophrenia patients with increased CD4(+)/CD8(+) T-cell ratios (>2.03) had...
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