Herpes zoster and multiple sclerosis.
No significant difference was found between 50 consecutive patients with multiple sclerosis and matched controls in respect of previous infection with rubella or measles and chicken-pox, or of previous vaccination and immunizing injections. Significantly more patients had a past history of herpes zoster compared with the controls.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000453:epidemiology; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D009107:Mumps / Q000453:epidemiology