Open AccessAssociation of Pathogen Burden and Hypertension: The Persian Gulf Healthy Heart Study
Author(s) -
Katayoun Vahdat,
Mohammad Reza Pourbehi,
Afshin Ostovar,
Fahimeh Hadavand,
Alireza Bolkheir,
Majid Assadi,
Maryam Farrokhnia,
Iraj Nabipour
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1093/ajh/hpt083
Subject(s) - medicine , persian , blood pressure , cardiology , linguistics , philosophy
Chronic infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV), Chlamydia pneumoniae, herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), and Helicobacter pylori may contribute to essential hypertension. However, the evidence now available does not clarify whether the aggregate number of pathogens (pathogen burden) may be associated with hypertension.
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