A progressive neurological disorder affecting 10 million people globally, Parkinson’s can cause disruptive symptoms such as ...

Groundbreaking new research released from Northwestern Medicine discovered that a usually harmless virus in the blood, may be ...

July 9 (UPI) -- A common virus once thought harmless to humans might be linked to Parkinson's disease, a new study says. The ...

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Researchers have detected a common, previously considered harmless virus, Human Pegivirus (HPgV), in the brains of ...

Researchers at Northwestern Medicine have discovered that a virus that has flown under the radar for years might be a potential contributor to the neurodegenerative disorder.

Researchers in Chicago believe they’ve found a virus that could be a trigger for Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s impacts ...

Several previous studies have examined the potential link between the risk of certain lymphomas and exposure to human pegivirus (HPgV). Now, a team led by researchers from the Mayo Clinic looks to ...

Blood-borne HPgV is in the same family as hepatitis C but has been considered a harmless, asymptomatic infection that does not cause disease and rarely enters the brain.

HPgV is a blood-borne virus in the same family as hepatitis C. Only about 1% of Parkinson’s patients had HPgV in their blood samples, researchers found.