On preventing the deleterious effects of CMV: implications for some autism?

" Anxiety drug may prevent common virus that causes birth defects " went one of the headlines covering t he study results publishe...

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Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and autism continued

I wanted to briefly talk about the paper by Francesca Garofoli and colleagues [1] on congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and autism...

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HSV-2 gestational infection and offspring autism risk

" In our cohort, high levels of antibodies to herpes simplex virus 2 at midpregnancy were associated with an elevated risk of autism s...

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Cytomegalovirus and autism

Today I'm talking on the topic of cytomegalovirus infection and autism following the  paper by Sakamoto and colleagues [1] and their co...

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