2009/01/29 by R.G. Cooke · 1 citation
Medicine · Immunology and Microbiology · Psychology · #Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies #T-cell and Retrovirus Studies #Viral Infections and Immunology Research #Infectious agent #Multiple sclerosis #Medicine #Infectious disease (medical specialty) #Early childhood #Pediatrics #Disease #Immunology #Psychology #Pathology #Developmental psychology
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1990.tb01611.x
openalex publication_date 2009/01/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
Epidemiologic data on multiple sclerosis (MS) in the Faroe Islands have been interpreted by the original investigators as supporting a particular infectious disease model. They suggest that MS occurs as a late consequence of extended exposure to an infectious agent which cannot be transmitted to subjects younger than 11 years of age. However, the Faroes data may better fit an alternate model, in which MS results from delayed primary exposure to an infectious agent which more commonly produces benign illness and protection against MS in subjects who are exposed in infancy or early childhood.