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ReviewNeuroSci2023

The Probable Infectious Origin of Multiple Sclerosis.

Remi L Landry, Monica E Embers

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Review in NeuroSci, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  5. Immunogenetics of Multiple Sclerosis in Romanian Patients: Preliminary Data.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Article
  6. Viruses and neurodegeneration: a growing concern.Journal of translational medicine · 2025
    Review
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  8. Article
  9. Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Remi L LandryDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; rlandry10@tulane.edu.
Monica E EmbersDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; rlandry10@tulane.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4051-7592

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune inflammatory disease that causes demyelination of the white matter of the central nervous system. It is generally accepted that the etiology of MS is multifactorial and believed to be a complex interplay between genetic susceptibility, environmental factors, and infectious agents. While the exact cause of MS is still unknown, increasing evidence suggests that disease development is the result of interactions between genetically susceptible individuals and the environment that lead to immune dysregulation and CNS inflammation. Genetic factors are not sufficient on their own to cause MS, and environmental factors such as viral infections, smoking, and vitamin D deficiency also play important roles in disease development. Several pathogens have been implicated in the etiology of MS, including Epstein-Barr virus, human herpesvirus 6, varicella-zoster virus, cytomegalovirus,

Indexed as

Borrelia burgdorferiChlamydia pneumoniaecytomegalovirusEpstein–Barr virus (EBV)Helicobacter pylorihuman herpesvirus 6multiple sclerosisneuroinflammationvaricella-zoster virus

Identifiers

PMID39483197
PMCPMC11523707

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