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Cigarette smoking is associated with Herpesviruses in persons with and without serious mental illness.

Faith B DickersonEmily KatsafanasAndrea OrigoniTheresa NewmanKelly RoweRita S ZiemannKamal BhatiaEmily SeveranceGlen FordRobert Yolken
Published in: PloS one (2023)
Individuals who smoke cigarettes have increased levels of IgG antibodies to CMV and EBV. Cigarette smoking may be a contributory factor in the relationship between CMV, EBV and chronic somatic disorders associated with these viruses.
Keyphrases
  • mental illness
  • epstein barr virus
  • diffuse large b cell lymphoma
  • mental health
  • smoking cessation
  • copy number
  • replacement therapy
  • gene expression
  • genome wide