Alzheimer’s Disease Patients in Areas Endemic for Lyme and Related Tick Borne Diseases are Now Also Being Exposed to the New Risk, of Infection with Coronavirus COVID-19

Authors

Robert A. Ollar, New York Medical CollegeFollow

Journal Title

EC Neurology

First Page

33

Last Page

34

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-2020

Department

Neurology

Abstract

Alzheimer’s disease is associated with advancing memory impairment and additionally “behavior disturbances and profound deterioration of daily life activities” [1]. Dementia is a disease most frequently associated with individuals of advancing age [2]. Alzheimer’s disease is most frequently associated with dementia in elderly patients [2]. This disease is “morphologically characterized by extracellular beta-amyloid plaque deposition, intra-neuronal tau pathology, neuronal death vascular dysfunction and inflammatory processes” [2].

Recommended Citation

Ollar, R. A. (2020). Alzheimer’s Disease Patients in Areas Endemic for Lyme and Related Tick Borne Diseases are Now Also Being Exposed to the New Risk, of Infection with Coronavirus COVID-19. EC Neurology, 12 (5), 33-34. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/nymc_fac_pubs/2509