[Can we be infected with atherosclerosis?].
Atherosclerosis is one of the most important problems of the contemporary medicine and it is the most frequent reason of deaths in Western countries. Conventional risk factors are responsible for only 50% cases of atherosclerosis. Investigations performed over last 20 years revealed new risk factors, like for example bacterial and viral infections. In recent scientific descriptions Chlamydia pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori and viruses from Herpesviridae family (Cytomegalovirus hominis, Epstein-Barr virus, Herpesvirus hominis) are mentioned as those, which could take part in the atherogenesis. The infectious theory of atherosclerosis might be proved by the presence of maintained above pathogens in the atheromatous plaque and the existence of antibodies against bacteria and viruses in blood.
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Katedra i Zakład Patomorfologii UM w Lodzi.
D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans