[aristeides]

That story from The Age talks about SARS attacking the nervous system. Could it affect mental health? Could that guy's belligerence be a result of the disease?

[CathyRyan]

Judith Anne would be the one to ask. :)

[Judith Anne]

Could be, might not be. Maybe he was just a belligerent guy who got sick. There are lots of those, in my experience.

Other common viruses, like chickenpox and measles, can affect the nervous system; I'm thinking of measles encephalitis, and shingles, for instance.

[per loin]

Early on, a few stories mentioned dementia in recovered patients. I believe those were in reference to Guangdong.

[blam]

"Could it affect mental health? Could that guy's belligerence be a result of the disease?"

I read this interesting article about viruses and their affect on the brain in last month's Scientific American I cannot get to the whole article on-line. Will someone else try and post if possible?

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