Dear Editor,
Multiple Sclerosis, Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) and Canine Distemper Virus – Update
I no longer research the Cause of Multiple Sclerosis. I do keep up with my research contacts in Canada, the U.S.A. and the U.K.
One contact is a Professor and the Academic Director, ACS and Sauder Chair of Pediatric Virology in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia
In a recent email exchange, he told me:
“As always, we believe that EBV is an essential co-factor to MS. It is a required step. Why? We have a few ideas, but we know that there is another initiating factor that has yet to be identified.
“Your work on CDV is important in that regard. Because of your reaching out, we have now acquired CDV to use in the lab in our animal models of MS and indeed, it has a profound effect. Is it causative? We should know more in the coming years….stay tuned.”
I am ‘persona non grata’ with all MS researchers in Saskatchewan, including those at both universities. I have no idea what research is happening here – if any.
Richard Dowson
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