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. 1997 Jul-Sep;39(3):190–195.

VIRAL ANTIBODIES IN BLOOD IN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER

Sumant Khanna 1,*, V Ravi 2, Poornima K Shenoy 2, A Chandramukhi 3, SM Channabasavanna 1
PMCID: PMC2967113  PMID: 21584073

Abstract

IgG viral antibodies for herpes simplex virus -1, varicella zoster virus, cytomegalovirus, measles and mumps were studied in 76 subjects with obsessive compulsive disorder and compared with a control population. There was a significantly higher titre for some of the antibodies, most specifically for herpes simplex virus type 1 and mumps. This suggests a possible role for these viral infections in the pathogenesis of obsessive compulsive disorder.

Keywords: viral antibodies, OCD, herpes simplex, measles, varicella, CMV, mumps

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