The role of Bordetella pertussis in the development of multiple sclerosis.
Mohammad Mahdi MajzoobiMohammad Reza MacvandiHamidreza Ghasemi BasirZahra SanaeiShahir MazaheriMaryam AfzaMohammad Reza ArabestaniPublished in: BMC neurology (2022)
There was no difference between B. pertussis antibody titer and the rate of nasopharyngeal colonization between both MS patients and the healthy control group. Therefore, it seems that probably B. pertussis has not a role in MS development.