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. 2011 May 26;2011:128318. doi: 10.4061/2011/128318

Table 1.

Some of the pathogens implicated in Schizophrenia, either in relation to maternal infection, or to infection in later life.

Pre- and perinatal maternal infection Juvenile (in offspring) Adult
Rubella (first trimester) [76]:
Influenza (first trimester) [13]
Influenza or common cold with fever (second trimester) [16]
Mumps or cytomegalovirus infection
(0–12 years old) [77]
HSV-1 seropositivity related to grey matter volume [78]

Poliovirus (second trimester) [17] Coxsackie B5 infection perinatally [18] HSV-1 (in Afro-Americans) or HHV-6 seropositivity: Inverse correlation with HSV-2 and cytomegalovirus [79]

Measles, Varicella zoster or polio (seropositivity at birth) [14] Childhood meningitis (0–4 years old) [80] Borna disease virus seropositivty [81]

HSV-2 (antibodies assayed at the end of pregnancy) [82] Coronavirus seropositivity [83]

Influenza B (seropositivity at birth) [84] Elevated retrovirus HERV-W transcripts [85]

Toxoplasmosis (antibodies during pregnancy) [86] Measles virus seropositivity [87]

Hepatitis C [38]

Toxoplasmosis [88]

Correlation with the incidence of Lyme disease (Borrelia) [20]