High seroprevalence of Borna virus infection in schizophrenic patients, family members and mental health workers in Taiwan

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-38

  Chen, C H ^a,b   Chiu, Y L ^c   Wei, F C ^d   Koong, F J ^d   Liu, H C ^d   Shaw, C K ^b   Hwu, H G ^e   Hsiao, K J ^c,f  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Huang Tzu Psychiatric Hospital   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Borna disease virus; Infection; Pathology; Prevalence; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BORNA DISEASE VIRUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROPREVALENCE; TAIWAN; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033006691     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000484     Document Type: Article

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