title: Herpes zoster and multiple sclerosis.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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