Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:46 am
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.CD wrote:We are not contagious.We can donate blood because they said, not one case of MS was ever found in a spouse of a PwMS. Unless, of course, they married a person known to have MS prior to their marriage
Correct. The general population has a rate of EBV infection of about 95%, according to the CDC. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/ebv.htm However, co-infection of EBV types one and two is less common in the GP. "Healthy control" refers to the relationship to MS, not to EBV.the_r wrote: What I meant though was the first remark -- 93% EBV in PwMS vs 66% EBV in HCs. And there I do recall rate of infection numbers considerably higher than 66% in the general population.
My question is, if we assume a general rate of infection around 90-95% .. does any control group that does not meet this rate even serve as a proper control group?
Do you have a link for that info?CD wrote:We are not contagious.
We can donate blood because they said, not one case of MS was ever found in a spouse of a PwMS. Unless, of course, they married a person known to have MS prior to their marriage.
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