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

Raid M KofahiHassan M KofahiSuhib SabaheenMajdi Al QawasmehAiman MomaniAhmed YassinKefah AlhaykKhalid El-Salem

Published in: BMC neurology (2020)

This study showed that patients with MS in the north of Jordan were more likely to be seropositive for VZV than the general population. Based on this finding, we recommend further studies to evaluate the seropositivity to VZV to be carried out in other parts of Jordan and the greater middle east to find out if there is a correlation between MS and previous infection with VZV.

Keyphrases

mass spectrometry
multiple sclerosis
ms ms
tertiary care
risk factors