Epstein-Barr virus infection A smoking gun for multiple sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1310-1311

  Lucas, Robyn M ^a   Taylor, Bruce V ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MONONUCLEOSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SWEDEN; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84867559288     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31826c1baf     Document Type: Editorial

References (10)

1. Hsu WL, Chen JY, Chien YC, et al. Independent effect of EBV and cigarette smoking on nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a 20-year follow-up study on 9,622 males without family history in Taiwan. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009;18:1218-1226.
2. Polesel J, Franceschi S, Talamini R, et al. Tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking, and the risk of different histological types of nasopharyngeal cancer in a low-risk population. Oral Oncol 2011;47:541-545.
3. Hjalgrim H, Ekstrom-Smedby K, Rostgaard K, et al. Cigarette smoking and risk of Hodgkin lymphoma: a population-based case-control study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007;16:1561-1566.
4. Glaser SL, Keegan TH, Clarke CA, et al. Smoking and Hodgkin lymphoma risk in women United States. Cancer Causes Control 2004;15:387-397.
5. Boulter AW, Soltanpoor N, Swan AV, Birnbaum W, Johnson NW, Teo CG. Risk factors associated with Epstein-Barr virus replication in oral epithelial cells of HIV-infected individuals. Aids 1996;10:935-940.
6. Nielsen TR, Pedersen M, Rostgaard K, Frisch M, Hjalgrim H. Correlations between Epstein-Barr virus antibody levels and risk factors for multiple sclerosis in healthy individuals. Mult Scler 2007;13:420-423.
7. Sundqvist E, Sundstrom P, Lindén M, et al. Lack of replication of interaction between EBNA1 IgG and smoking in risk for multiple sclerosis. Neurology 2012;79:1363-1368.
8. Simon KC, van der Mei IA, Munger KL, et al. Combined effects of smoking, anti-EBNA antibodies, and HLADRB1 1501 on multiple sclerosis risk. Neurology 2010; 74:1365-1371.
9. Riise T, Pugliatti M, Casetta I, et al. Negative Interaction Between Smoking and Infectious Mononucleosis in the Risk of MS. Amsterdam: ECTRIMS; 2011.
10. Lucas RM, Ponsonby AL, Dear K, et al. Current and past Epstein-Barr virus infection in risk of initial CNS demyelination. Neurology 2011;77:371-379.