Multiple sclerosis and epstein-barr virus a growing association

Major MedTwitter news today on MultipleSclerosis! If the hypothesis is true, that's two different opportunities to prevent the most catastrophic, looming unmet need in medicine. It's big news because it suggests we may be able to prevent a devastating neurological disease.

Thread info Bookmark this thread Trash this thread. Always highlight: 10 newest replies Replies posted after I mark a forum. The immune response to any viral infection is probably risky. In fact, with all the current evidence we start thinking in multiple sclerosis as a multi-factorial disease, where an infective agent on a genetically permissive host can lead to inflammation, demyelination and ultimately to neurological damage with dire consequences for the patients.

This review will focus on the role of viruses in multiple sclerosis etiology and give some insight regarding this complicated issue. Multiple sclerosis and Epstein-Barr virus : a growing association. National Library of Medicine. N2 - The etiology of multiple sclerosis is an elusive field due to the lack of the usual cause-effect relationship model to explain a disease.

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