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From the Section of Experimental and Clinical Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences (Drs. Dolei and Serra, and G. Mameli), University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/B, I-07100 Sassari; Institute of Clinical Neurology (Drs. Pugliatti, Sechi, Rosati, and Sotgiu), University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro; and Immunohematology Unit (M.C. Cirotto), ASL n. 1 Transfusion Center, Sassari, Italy.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Prof. A. Dolei, Section of Experimental and Clinical Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Viale San Pietro 43/B, I-07100, Sassari, Italy; e-mail: doleivir{at}ssmain.uniss.it
Blood and CSF of Sardinian patients with MS and neurologic control subjects were tested for MS-associated retrovirus (MSRV). CSF detection in MS was 50% at clinical onset, increasing with temporal disease progression, and 40% in control subjects. In blood, MSRV was detected in all MS patients, in most patients with inflammatory neurologic diseases, and rarely in healthy blood donors. MSRV may represent a marker of neurologic diseases of inflammatory origin.
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