EPIDEMIOLOGIC INVESTIGATION OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INFECTIOUS-MONONUCLEOSIS AND MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS

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作者
LINDBERG, C
ANDERSEN, O
VAHLNE, A
DALTON, M
RUNMARKER, B
机构
[1] GOTHENBURG UNIV,DEPT NEUROL,S-41124 GOTHENBURG,SWEDEN
[2] GOTHENBURG UNIV,DEPT VIROL,S-41124 GOTHENBURG,SWEDEN
关键词
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; RISK FACTOR;
D O I
10.1159/000110248
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
By matching a cohort of 494 infectious mononucleosis (IM) cases with a multiple sclerosis (MS) register, 3 MS cases were retrieved. The interval between IM and MS was 12 years. This corresponds to a relative risk of 3.7 for MS to occur subsequent to IM (p = 0.05). This relationship between a manifestation of a relatively late Epstein-Barr virus infection and MS may indicate that a microbiologically shielded environment is important in the pathogenesis of MS.
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