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Published in final edited form as: Clin Exp Neuroimmunol. 2016 Oct 25;7(4):330–345. doi: 10.1111/cen3.12341

Table 3.

Prevalence, associated viruses, and comorbidity of multiple sclerosis, myocarditis and seizures

			Comorbidity
	Prevalence	Associated viruses	Multiple sclerosis	Myocarditis	Seizure
Multiple sclerosis	0.1–0.2% USA and Europe	EBV HHV-6 MeV retroviruses	NA	± case report	+
Myocarditis	1–9% autopsy	Picornaviruses (CVB, enterovirus) parvovirus HHV-6 adenovirus, HCV	± case report	NA	ND
Seizures/epilepsy	0.5–1.0% active epilepsy	HHV-6, HSV-1 JEV, HIV, picornaviruses (CVA, CVB, enterovirus, parechovirus)	+	ND	NA

CVA, coxsackievirus A; CVB, coxsackievirus B; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HHV-6, human herpesvirus type 6; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; HSV-1, herpes simplex virus (type)-1; JEV, Japanese encephalitis virus; MeV, measles virus; NA, not applicable; ND, not determined.