Epstein-Barr virus increases risk of Multiple Sclerosis by 32X - Jan 2022


Epstein-Barr virus a likely leading cause of multiple sclerosis MDEdge

  • "EBV is common and infects about 95% of adults. Most individuals are already infected with the virus by age 18 or 20 years, making it difficult to study uninfected populations, said Dr. Ascherio."
  • "The investigators used stored blood samples (of US military) to determine the relation between EBV infection and MS over a 20-year period from 1993 to 2013."
  • "Only one of the 801 MS case patients had no serologic evidence of EBV"
  • "The hazard ratio for MS between EBV seroconversion versus persistent EBV seronegative was 32.4 (95% CI, 4.3-245.3; P < .001)."
  • "It’s not clear why only some people infected with EBV go on to develop MS, he said."

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VitaminDWiki pages with EPSTEIN OR EBV in title (15 as of Feb 2022)

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Vitamin D: Viral infections, Infectious diseases, EBV and MS, Virus and Cancers – Grant March 2024 03 Mar, 2024
Epstein-Barr Virus may be a prerequisite for Multiple Sclerosis - July 2023 21 Dec, 2023
Epstein-Barr Virus probably causes Long-COVID, CFS, and MS - many studies 02 Oct, 2022
Hypothesis: Smoking reduces Vitamin D, which activates EBV, which causes lung cancer – Jan 2022 04 Mar, 2022
Epstein-Barr Virus increases the risk of many health problems – many studies 03 Mar, 2022
Epstein-Barr virus increases risk of Multiple Sclerosis by 32X - Jan 2022 20 Feb, 2022
COVID Long-Haul predicted by 4 factors (Epstein-Barr virus, etc) – Jan 24, 2022 26 Jan, 2022
Epstein Barr Virus and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 13 Dec, 2021
Multiple Sclerosis etc. strongly associated with Epstein-Barr virus (and vitamin D) 12 Dec, 2021
Epstein-Barr is yet another virus that deactivates the Vitamin D receptor (COVID later suspected as well)– 2010 17 Oct, 2021
Multiple Sclerosis risk increased if both Epstein-Bar Virus and low sun (vitamin D) – Aug 2021 26 Aug, 2021
Hypothesis of Autoimmunity which includes Epstein-Barr Virus and Vitamin D Deficiency – 2012 26 Aug, 2021
Vitamin D can inhibit enveloped virus (e.g. Corona, Herpes, Zoster, Epstein, Hepatitis, RSV) – March 2011 08 Feb, 2021
Multiple Sclerosis risk factors – Vitamin D, parasites, and EBV – 2015 05 Jan, 2016
Vitamin D can inhibit enveloped virus (e.g. Herpes, Zoster, Epstein, Hepatitis) – March 2011 04 Oct, 2014

Other viruses also increase the risk of Multiple Sclerlosis


Items in both Vitamin D Receptor and Virus categories


Anticipate future publications documenting that virually all people with CFS or Long-Haul previously had EBV

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