Autism as an Infectious Disease

Autism as an Infectious Disease | Authorea try { document.documentElement.classList.add('js'); } catch (e) { } var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'G-8VDV14Y67G']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Skip to main content Preprints Collections Wiley Open Research IET Open Research Ecological Society of Japan All Collections About About Authorea FAQs Contact Us Quick Search anywhere Search for preprint articles, keywords, etc. Search Search ADVANCED SEARCH SCROLL This is a preprint and has not been peer reviewed. Data may be preliminary. 28 April 2025 V1 Latest version Share on Autism as an Infectious Disease Authors : DR. LAWRENCE BROXMEYER, MD 0000-0003-0235-8498 [email protected] and Lawrence Broxmeyer Authors Info & Affiliations https://doi.org/10.22541/au.174585874.41343964/v1 541 views 407 downloads Contents Abstract Supplementary Material Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract The consensus that Autism is from an intrauterine infection has been growing, bolstered by Patterson's and Fatemi's studies. However, the question remains: which infection? In this review, a prime, conceivable candidate is presented, supported by scientific literature, old and new. Until 1980 autism is still called "childhood schizophrenia" and in some parts of the world, it still is. But there is an extensive body of literature which ties schizophrenia to the infectious focus of this paper. This was only brought more sharply into focus when Rzhetsky, in 2007, used a proof-of-concept biostatistical analysis of 1.5 million patient records, finding significant genetic overlap in humans with autism, schizophrenia.......and tuberculosis. And in March of 2017, Ahmedabad-based Dr. Ketan Patel, who has more than 20 years' experience in treating and researching autism in children, said that as many as 45% of the autistic children in the world are found, upon proper scrutiny, to have a history of tuberculosis on either their family's maternal or paternal side. Ever since Nadya Markova's study, also in 2017, it can no longer be questioned that the all too common Cell-Wall-Deficient [CWD] forms of mycobacteria such as TB can easily penetrate the umbilical cord and infect the fetus from the maternal blood stream, even in the case of seemingly normal healthy deliveries. Tracing the history of autism from John Langdon Down's children, a subset of which were autistic, to the present, this paper also explains how these stealth pathogen hypothesized to be behind Autism have evaded modern diagnostics. Supplementary Material File (autism as an infectious disease.pdf) Download 1.35 MB Information & Authors Information Version history V1 Version 1 28 April 2025 Copyright This work is licensed under a Non Exclusive No Reuse License. Keywords asperger's disease autism autism as an infectious disease autistic spectrum childhood schizophrenia etiology of autism history of autism Authors Affiliations DR. LAWRENCE BROXMEYER, MD 0000-0003-0235-8498 [email protected] View all articles by this author Lawrence Broxmeyer Health Sciences, University of Southern California View all articles by this author Metrics & Citations Metrics Article Usage 541 views 407 downloads .FvxKWukQNSOunydq8rnd { width: 100px; } Citations Download citation DR. 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