Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis

William H Robinson^{1

2}, Lawrence Steinman³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
² VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
³ Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

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William H Robinson et al. Science. 2022.

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. 2022 Jan 21;375(6578):264-265.

doi: 10.1126/science.abm7930. Epub 2022 Jan 13.

William H Robinson^{1

2}, Lawrence Steinman³

¹ Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
² VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
³ Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

Abstract

Infection with Epstein-Barr virus is the trigger for the development of multiple sclerosis.

Longitudinal analysis reveals high prevalence of Epstein-Barr virus associated with multiple sclerosis.
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