QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians.
Publisher:
Published for the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland by the Oxford University Press,
Frequency: Monthly
Country: England
Language: English
Author(s):
Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland.
Start Year:1994 -
ISSN:
1460-2725 (Print)
1460-2393 (Electronic)
1460-2393 (Linking)
1460-2393 (Electronic)
1460-2393 (Linking)
Impact Factor
13.3
2022
| NLM ID: | 9438285 |
| (DNLM): | SR0082057(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 30841057 |
| Classification: | W1 QJ102K |
Borna disease virus and mental health: a cross-sectional study. Borna disease is an infectious neurological disease of horses, sheep and possibly other animals. A role for Borna disease virus (BDV) in human neurological and psychiatric illness has been proposed, but this hypothesis remains controversial. Objective: To investigate the epidemiology of BDV in UK farming communities. Methods: Retrospective cohort study. Methods: We measured the seroprevalence of BDV in the PHLS Farm Cohort, a representative sample of those employed in agriculture in the UK, and investigated the clinical significance of our findings by comparing the prevalence of symptoms of ne...