Table 3.

Autoimmune syndromes secondary to infections–association/hypothetical relationship.

Disease	Microbe	Type of microbe	Mimicry (likely structure)	Reference
Postinfectious encephalitis	Measles, Varicella-zoster, etc.	Virus	Anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein and unknown antigens	(85, 86)
Guillain–Barré syndrome	Campylobacter (primarily) and Zika virus	Bacterium and virus	Gangliosides; unknown antigen	(87, 88)
“Nodding disease”	Onchocerca volvulus	Worm	Unknown antigen	(89)
Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infection (PANDAS)	Streptococcus infections, i.e., strep throat or scarlet fever	Bacterium	Carbohydrate antigens?	(90)
Multiple sclerosis	Epstein–Barr virus and other pathogens	Virus and bacteria	Myelin basic protein, proteolipid protein, and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein	(91, 92)