Does Borna disease virus cause mental illness?
Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
Over the past 30 years, numerous studies have linked Borna disease virus with mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder and dementia, but study results have been inconsistent. Now, the first blinded, case-control study to examine this issue finds no association between the virus and psychiatric illness.