A study points to the kissing disease virus as the main cause of multiple sclerosis

A new analysis of data from US military recruits suggests

considered to be of unknown cause, is a complication of

researchers report in the journal

This virus is the cause of

also called '

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic demyelinating disease of

The underlying cause of this disease is not known, but

However, most people infected with this common virus do not develop multiple sclerosis, and causality of this disease in humans cannot be directly demonstrated.

Using data from more than 10 million US military recruits

over a 20-year period, 955 of whom were diagnosed with MS during their service,

and his team put tests the hypothesis that MS is caused by EBV.

They found that

of developing MS in individuals who were EBV-negative

-fold after EBV infection.

"These results cannot be explained by any known risk factors and

They point out that one of the most effective treatments for MS is

and that targeting EBV directly

compared to anti-CD20-based therapies, which have to be given by intravenous infusion and can increase the risk of infections.

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