Epstein-Barr and MS: meta-analysis
March 5, 2014…3;8:e61110; free full text at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3621759/pdf/pone.0061110.pdf). Seroprevalence was determined for three anti-EBV antibodies: anti-EBV nuclear antigen 1 (anti-EBNA-1) or EBNA complex; antiviral capsid antigen (anti-VCA); and anti-Early Antigen (anti-EA). The median seroprevalence of anti-EBNA IgG was 98% in MS patients compared to 88% in controls (odds ratio 4.7). The median anti-VCA IgG seropositivity was 99% in M…