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Shingles can increase risk of triggering multiple sclerosis, study finds
By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times/ For the Booster Shots blog
June 9, 2011, 11:27 a.m.
A shingles outbreak can nearly quadruple the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) in the following year, but the overall risks remain small, Chinese researchers reported Thursday. Viruses are thought to play a role in triggering MS, and herpes zoster virus, which causes shingles, is one of the viruses previously implicated. But the new results reported in the Journal of Infectious Diseases are the first to quantify the risk...
Shingles can increase risk of triggering multiple sclerosis, study finds
By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times/ For the Booster Shots blog
June 9, 2011, 11:27 a.m.
A shingles outbreak can nearly quadruple the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) in the following year, but the overall risks remain small, Chinese researchers reported Thursday. Viruses are thought to play a role in triggering MS, and herpes zoster virus, which causes shingles, is one of the viruses previously implicated. But the new results reported in the Journal of Infectious Diseases are the first to quantify the risk...