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This virus is also been linked to Mast Cell Activation Syndrome

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EB and other diseases

Appearantly it's linked to other diseases too, see https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/news/release/2018/mono-virus I'ts not a MEDR reference so I haven't included it in the article, but perhaps worth checking out. Genetics4good (talk) 17:33, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Could there be a reference to the possible connection to myalgic encephalomyelitis? There's plenty of research on pubmed about it. e.g https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28303641 The disease barely gets any awareness or recognition, and the medical world is barely starting to come around on that, so it would be very helpful to sufferers I think. 207.161.213.187 (talk) 21:56, 8 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

EBV as causal factor for MS

New paper with further evidence on multiple sclerosis. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj8222 Yaris678 (talk) 19:51, 13 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the new Science paper about causal link to MS to the lede. Exact wording has to be worked out. I don't think it's just an "association" as one Editor commented. The association is so strong that a causal link cannot be denied. The paper goes into quite some detail. Reverse causation is excluded. So are confounders. If you disagree, have a look at the paper and criticise their arguments but don't just say it's not causal.

>A causal interpretation of our results requires ruling out the possibility that systematic differences between individuals who seroconverted and those who remained EBV-negative explain the results. [...] Confounding by known factors is virtually ruled out by the strength of the association. [...] Collectively, these findings strongly suggest that the occurrence of EBV infection, detectable by the elicited immune response, is a cause and not a consequence of MS. 131.152.38.194 (talk) 21:32, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis - should this not be added as the preponderance of evidence says EBV is involved? Rustygecko (talk) 03:22, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It is mentioned at the end of the second paragraph of the lead "In 2022, a large study (population of 10 million over 20 years) suggested EBV as the leading cause of multiple sclerosis, with a recent EBV infection causing a 32-fold increase in the risk of developing multiple sclerosis." Yaris678 (talk) 22:33, 25 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Lifespan

There is plenty of information here. Is EBV terminal? Chellebandyk (talk) 07:15, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rarely. Graham Beards (talk) 05:38, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]