Scientists at Harvard T.H. The Chan School of Public Health in Boston suggests that multiple sclerosis (MS) - an incurable disease that affects 2.8 million people worldwide - may be caused by an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection.
Human Herpesvirus 4 owes its common name to two British scientists, Michael Epstein and Yvonne Barr, who discovered it in 1964. It is one of the most common viruses in the human population. Most of us come into contact with the virus completely asymptomatically, but the infection itself lasts for life and may reactivate periodically.
Antibodies to EBV are found in almost all people in developing countries, while in the US they are found in 60-70% of the population.
EBV can cause infectious mononucleosis, formerly known as "kissing disease". It occurs when the first contact with the virus is during or after...
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