Having the disease infectious mononucleosis, often called mono, caused by the Epstein-Barr virus is associated with an increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study ...

Individuals with EBV-positive infectious mononucleosis show a higher incidence of MS compared with matched controls in a long-term cohort study.

Epstein-Barr virus-positive infectious mononucleosis (EBV-mono) is associated with a threefold higher multiple sclerosis risk ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The study included 4,721 individuals with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive infection mononucleosis (IM) and ...

Key Takeaways Mono from the Epstein-Barr virus appears to triple risk of multiple sclerosisResearchers compared people who ...

"After decades of surprising indifference, or even resistance, to mounting and compelling evidence that EBV is required to develop MS, the scientific community is finally catching up with such ...

While scientists have long suspected a link between the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and MS, these findings provide evidence that a documented case of mono serves as a significant red flag for the ...

Infectious mononucleosis, the illness most teenagers know simply as “mono,” may carry consequences that extend far beyond weeks of fatigue and missed school. A growing body of research now ties the ...

For decades, researchers have suspected that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), best known for causing infectious mononucleosis, might also be involved in triggering multiple sclerosis (MS). Recent research ...

Primary sclerosis cholangitis, PSC in short, is a rare liver disease that destroys the bile ducts. It is a severe condition for which we currently have no effective treatments and often results in the ...