Quantitative detection of epstein-barr virus DNA in cerebrospinal fluid and blood samples of patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

The presence of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) DNA in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and peripheral blood (PB) samples collected from 55 patients with clinical and radiologically-active relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) and 51 subjects with other neurological diseases was determined using standardized commercially...

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Main Authors: Clementina E Cocuzza, Fabrizio Piazza, Rosario Musumeci, Davide Oggioni, Simona Andreoni, Margherita Gardinetti, Letizia Fusco, Maura Frigo, Paola Banfi, Maria R Rottoli, Paolo Confalonieri, Monica Rezzonico, Maria T Ferrò, Guido Cavaletti, EBV-MS Italian Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3983161?pdf=render