A common virus once thought harmless to humans might be linked to Parkinson's disease, a new study says. The germ, Human Pegivirus (HPgV), was found in half the autopsied brains of patients with ...

A Northwestern Medicine research lab has found a usually harmless virus in brain samples from Parkinson’s patients. The idea that Parkinson’s could be linked to a virus had been theorized for years, ...

Researchers believe a usually harmless virus could trigger Parkinson’s disease. The Human Pegivirus (HPgV) belongs to the same family as hepatitis C and is a blood-borne virus. Five out of 10 ...

Scientists discovered strikingly high levels of a common virus in the brains of people with Parkinson’s disease, a finding that points to a potential cause for the neurological disorder. Researchers ...

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is so common that most people pick it up at some point, often as “mono,” and then forget about it. But EBV never truly leaves. It hitches a ride in our bodies for life, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Human Pegivirus (HPgV), was found in half the autopsied brains of patients with Parkinson's, but not in any brains from healthy ...