Antibody Response in Seropositive Multiple Sclerosis Patients Vaccinated with Attenuated Live Varicella Zoster Virus

Autor: RT Ross, MR Dawood, Mary Cheang, Lindsay E Nicolle
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 7, Iss 5, Pp 303-306 (1996)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1180-2332
DOI: 10.1155/1996/417061
Popis: OBJECTIVE: To determine the safety and effectiveness of live attenuated varicella zoster virus (VZV) vaccine (OKA/Merck) on 50 patients with chronic progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), based on the hypothesis that VZV might be the antigen or antigen mimic of MS plus the fact that repeated high antigen doses have produced ‘antigen paralysis’ in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis mice.
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