Christos Argyropoulos MD PhDApr 7, 2024
There are many anecdotes about people diagnosed with #dementia after a #covid infection (we have 5 in our circle in the US and Greece) in alignment with⬇️
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4716751
Shouldn't we ask the role of viruses as a cause of dementia? Is #sarscov2 just the strongest among many?
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@ChristosArgyrop herpes simplex? VZV? I remember reading a lot about those contributing to dementia. Shingles booster reduces odds?
Apr 7, 2024 at 4:55pmWeb
Show threadChristos Argyropoulos MD PhDApr 7, 2024
@kspaziani one would need to move beyond the observational, epidemiological data to establish causation, ie think Koch 's postulates.
Apparently, a protocol has been put in place to gather further information related to biology (though the use of autopsy material is less than ideal for large studies, it can bootstrap biomarker ones and possibly inform animal studies)
https://twitter.com/mhornig/status/1774556410514231436?t=hzse4dUxH0kuF_1YELu2pg&s=19
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@DaniBeckman @TomasoAntonacci @brailemom @RudyTanzi @microbeminded2 Efforts are intensifying (Itzhaki, Tanzi, others): Establishment of a consensus protocol to explore the brain pathobiome in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease - Lathe - 2023 - Alzheimer's & Dementia - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/O3w1h8Z8TD

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