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How many of you have had Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)?

View Poll Results: How many of you have been diagnosed with MS AND had Epstein-Barr virus?
Yes, I had EBV as a teenager 12 46.15%
Yes, I had EBV as a teenager
12 46.15%
Yes, I had EBV, but as an adult 5 19.23%
Yes, I had EBV, but as an adult
5 19.23%
I may have, but never diagnosed 3 11.54%
I may have, but never diagnosed
3 11.54%
I have no idea? 6 23.08%
I have no idea?
6 23.08%
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Old 03-23-2010, 11:53 PM #1
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Is there a reason why you didn't include a "NO" option Amy?

I know for sure that I haven't, but you've not given me an option to vote that way. Would you like that added?
If you could add it, I would really appreciate that!
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Although there is some presumed link...I don't know how it can be used because almost the entire adult population has the EBV.

Epstein-Barr Syndrome is very common, although most people don’t even know they’ve contracted it. It is estimated that as many as 95 percent of adults older than 35 have been infected with the Epstein-Barr virus, making this one of the most common illnesses in developed and undeveloped countries around the world.
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Although there is some presumed link...I don't know how it can be used because almost the entire adult population has the EBV.

Epstein-Barr Syndrome is very common, although most people don’t even know they’ve contracted it. It is estimated that as many as 95 percent of adults older than 35 have been infected with the Epstein-Barr virus, making this one of the most common illnesses in developed and undeveloped countries around the world.
http://www.life123.com/health/medica...ormation.shtml
This is interesting, particularly in the context of a question asking folks if they have had this. I don't know anything about EBV, but I suppose I could have had it since I'm over 35 and have had plenty of sick days along the way. I'll not go into a whole speal on pathology, but there needs to be more to the pathology to narrow down 95% of people down to the 1 in 1000ish that have MS. Here's an interesting article:

Levin, Lynn et al. 2005 Temporal relationship between elevation of epstein-barr virus antibody titers and initial onset of neurological symptoms in multiple sclerosis
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I have no idea...never tested for it. But I thought that 100% of MS patients tested positive for it?
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