Article
Analysis of herpesvirus infection and genome single nucleotide polymorphism risk factors in multiple sclerosis, Volga federal district, Russia.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2022
Lezhnyova Vera, Davidyuk Yuriy, Mullakhmetova Asia, Markelova Maria, Zakharov Alexander, Khaiboullina Svetlana, Martynova Ekaterina
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a heterogeneous disease where herpesvirus infection and genetic predisposition are identified as the most consistent risk factors. Serum and blood samples were collected from 151 MS and 70 controls and used to analyze circulating antibodies for, and DNA of, Epstein Barr virus (EBV), human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), human herpes virus 6 (HHV6), and varicella zoster virus (VZV). The...
Topics
- Humans
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Risk Factors
- Herpesvirus 6, Human
- Russia
- Antibodies, Viral
