TITLE:
Stealth Adapted Viruses: A Bridge between Molecular Virology and Clinical Psychiatry
AUTHORS:
W. John Martin
KEYWORDS:
Stealth Adapted Viruses, Cytomegalovirus, African Green Monkey Simian Cytomegalovirus, SCMV, Encephalopathy, Polio Vaccine, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Autism, Schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Delusion, Schizovirus
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Psychiatry,
Vol.5 No.4,
September
29,
2015
ABSTRACT: Cytopathic
“stealth-adapted” viruses bypass the cellular immune defense mechanisms because
of molecular deletion or mutation of critical antigen coding genes. They,
therefore, do not provoke the inflammatory reaction typical of infections with
the conventional viruses from which stealth adapted viruses are derived.
Stealth adapted viruses establish persistent, systemic virus infections, which
commonly involve the brain. The brain damage can cause major mood and cognitive
disorders, fatigue, seizures and various manifestations of an impaired
autonomic nervous system. Symptoms can also result from: 1) induced
autoimmunity, 2) antibody formation against virus antigens, 3) virus-induced
cellular damage to non-brain tissues and 4) induced heightened overall immune
reactivity, such that normally unrecognized components of the virus begin to
become targeted by the cellular immune system. This last mechanism is relevant
to the reported neurological and psychiatric adverse effects of vaccination in
certain individuals. It is also appropriate to consider the infectious
component of stealth adapted virus infections since family members and others
may be at risk for becoming infected.