Epstein-Barr, Mononucleosis Linked to Multiple Sclerosis
January 2, 2002
Harvard University researchers have linked the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) in women to Epstein-Barr, a virus known to cause mononucleosis. High levels of antibodies to the Epstein-Barr virus, which infects ninety-five percent of the population by age forty, may increase a woman's chance of developing MS.
The findings have researchers and officials with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society concerned. In an article printed in this month's Journal of the American Medical Association, the study's director, Alberto Ascherio, claimed that "strong evidence" suggests a link between the virus and the nerve disease. Over 350,000 Americans suffer from multiple sclerosis.
-- Article Courtesy of InjuryBoard.com
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