Multiple Sclerosis
Pertussis Vaccine Causing Multiple Sclerosis
"It is established that
1) subclinical Bordetella pertussis colonization of the nasopharynx persists in highly vaccinated populations, and
2) B. pertussis toxin is a potent adjuvant that, when co-administered with neural antigens, induces neuropathology in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, the principle animal model of multiple sclerosis.
Building on these observations with supporting epidemiologic and biologic evidence, we propose that, contrary to conventional wisdom that subclinical pertussis infections are innocuous to hosts, B. pertussis colonization is an important cause of multiple sclerosis.
The third epidemiological case is U.S. government data indicating increased MS mortality among elementary and secondary school teachers (when compared with all other professional occupations), suggesting an increased risk for symptomatic and asymptomatic Bordetella pertussis infection."
Click here to read the entire study published in December, 2015 in the journal, "Immunobiology."
1) subclinical Bordetella pertussis colonization of the nasopharynx persists in highly vaccinated populations, and
2) B. pertussis toxin is a potent adjuvant that, when co-administered with neural antigens, induces neuropathology in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, the principle animal model of multiple sclerosis.
Building on these observations with supporting epidemiologic and biologic evidence, we propose that, contrary to conventional wisdom that subclinical pertussis infections are innocuous to hosts, B. pertussis colonization is an important cause of multiple sclerosis.
The third epidemiological case is U.S. government data indicating increased MS mortality among elementary and secondary school teachers (when compared with all other professional occupations), suggesting an increased risk for symptomatic and asymptomatic Bordetella pertussis infection."
Click here to read the entire study published in December, 2015 in the journal, "Immunobiology."
