Earl 86/1 had a severe case of herpes simplex about 7 years ago. I wonder if the 2 persons in the control group were the Parkinsons patients. Have there been studies where such a link is suspected? Mary Legan 55/5 In a message dated 10/12/97 4:12:35 AM, you wrote: << Tissues obtained post mortem from the temporal lobe cortex of persons with Alzheimer disease (n = 17), Parkinson disease (n = 14), or nonneurological disease (n = 17) served as controls. Results: Twenty (40%) of the 50 epilepsy cases and 2 (4%) of the 48 control cases had at least one sample that tested positive for HSV (P < >>