Prevalence of seropositivity of selected herpesviruses in patients with multiple sclerosis in the North of Jordan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease that is caused by an autoimmune response that results in the neuron's demyelination in the central nervous system. The exact etiology of MS is not clear; however, several environmental and genetic factors are believed to participate in its initiation and development, including exposure to viruses. This study aims to investigate the association between the seropositivity and antibody titer of selected herpesviruses and MS in Jordanian MS patients.

Method

In this study, 55 MS patients and 40 age- and gender-matching apparently healthy volunteers were recruited from two main hospitals in the north of Jordan. MS patients were grouped into three types of MS based on the clinical presentation of the disease. Blood sample

SUBMITTER: Kofahi RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7596955 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature