By IDSE News Staff
People with schizophrenia appear to have higher levels of antibodies against the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a herpesvirus that causes infectious mononucleosis, although researchers do not know what the role of this virus could be in schizophrenia (Schizophrenia Bull 2018 Nov 20. sby164, https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sby164).
The John Hopkins researchers conducted a study among 743 people: 432 with a schizophrenia diagnosis and a control group composed of 311 without a history