Maternal levels of common flu viruses during Pregnancy predict increased risk of offspring psychosis

Another study showing that exposure to the flu virus during pregnancy raises risk of schizophrenia in the offspring (children).

Summary:

Viral infections during the prenatal or early childhood periods are one of the environmental factors which seem to play an important role in development of psychoses.

Combining our results with previously available literature data on antibody levels during the gestation period suggests that a more prominent maternal immune activity can be considered a risk factor for developing psychosis.

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