Volume 10, Number 11—November 2004
THEME ISSUE
ICEID & ICWID 2004
International Conference on Women and Infectious Diseases (ICWID)
Women and Autoimmune Diseases
DeLisa Fairweather*
and Noel R. Rose*
and Noel R. Rose*
Table
Infections in humans associated with autoimmune diseases
| Disease | Infection |
|---|---|
| Multiple sclerosis | Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), measles virus |
| Lyme arthritis | Borrelia burgdorferi |
| Type I diabetes | Coxsackie virus B4, rubella virus, cytomegalovirus (CMV), mumps virus |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | Escherichia coli, mycobacteria, EBV, hepatitis C virus (HCV) |
| Lupus erythematosis | EBV |
| Myocarditis | CB3, CMV, chlamydia |
| Rheumatic fever/myocarditis | Streptococci |
| Chagas’ disease/myocarditis | Trypanosoma cruzi |
| Myasthenia gravis | Herpes simplex virus, HCV |
| Guillain-Barré syndrome | CMV, EBV, Campylobacter spp. |
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