2026-07-18 13:09 UTC
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@ducky@mstdn.ca 2026-07-18 19:12
@jeneralist@mstdn.science @DavidPenington@aus.social I agree that if it's the immune system response to EBV which attack the body (e.g. the myelin in MS), then a vaccine would be a bad idea. However, the paper which I reference in the head post of this thread says that people with MS have elevated levels of CD4+ targeting late lytic capsid and glycoprotein antigens, while non-MS people have more CD8 targeting a nuclear antigen. I am not a doctor or microbiologist, but this makes me think that a vax with EBV nuclear antigens but not lytic capsid and glycoprotein antigens in it might stop the EBV without any danger of MS. I see the MD/PhD in your handle, please correct me if I am wrong! And for ME/CFS and Long COVID, the papers (well, abstracts) which I read talk about how they see evidence of EBV reactivation in those, which doesn't sound to me (not a doctor! not a microbiologist!) like an autoimmune dysfunction.