Scientists suggest that a virus, usually causing infections in animals, can also cause nervous disorders and mental illness in humans.

Professor Norbert Novnot from the University of Vienna has evidence that the Born virus, which causes fatal brain diseases in animals, but does not represent, as previously thought, dangers to humans, is able to still hit the human brain, causing schizophrenia, depression and chronic fatigue. It is known that in horses and sheep, the Bourne virus causes severe cases of inflammation of the brain. As a result of the disease, animals stop eating, lose interest in the environment and in most cases die from paralysis within 3 weeks. Currently, there is no effective method for treating diseased animals. Until now, it was assumed that the virus is not capable of hitting a person. However, new data suggest that in the human body the virus is still able to cause certain changes, in particular, to cause changes in the transmission of nerve signals that inevitably lead to psychiatric disorders.

It is shown that in people suffering from nervous disorders, a high level of antibodies to the virus. In addition, the virus is released and in many people with chronic fatigue syndrome. Despite the new data, much remains unknown both about the virus itself and about the diseases caused to it. For example, there is still no way of transferring the virus, as well as the probability of whether it is transmitted from animals to humans or whether there is a particular human strain. It is also not known whether there is a natural reservoir of disease. Since the epidemic in animals occurs only occasionally and only in small parts of central Europe, there is a possibility that the disease spreads through local rodents, but this too must be confirmed experimentally. If it is possible to prove the connection between the human and animal variant of the disease, this will be the first time a virus is involved in the development of mental illnesses medicus. en.