Das Epstein-Barr-Virus scheint Auslöser der Lupus-Erkrankung zu sein, sagen Wissenschaftler. Der Zusammenhang des nahezu allgegenwärtigen EBV mit einer Autoimmunerkrankung, von der etwa einer von 1.000 Menschen betroffen ist, könnte die Suche nach einem Impfstoff anregen.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/12/epstein-barr-virus-appears-to-be-trigger-of-lupus-disease-say-scientists
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I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.ady0210
EBV is also potentially implicated in multiple sclerosis. That’s the route by which my doctors think I got it.
EBV is an absolutely evil virus
EBV has been linked to ME/CFS too.
I remember seeing a lot of ‘alternative medicine’ folks implicating EBV for a ton of illnesses, so many of which are autoimmune diseases.
I know there’s a lot of BS and hokum out there, but the alternative medicine community seems to have been ahead of the curve with the gut-microbiome immune system links and this EBV autoimmune disease thing…
EBV was also long thought to be the cause of ME/CFS and is still regarded as a very common trigger, along with COVID-19, the flu, and a number of other infections. We’re likely to have a very different understanding of common viruses in the future than most of us had growing up.
How are the EBV vaccine trials going along?
It also is one the cause of ITP
I would really love it if diseases like ebv and hsv that are currently treated with a sort of „well everyone’s going to get it“ and throwing up your hands attitude actually had effort put into figuring out prevention, especially as more and more info about the threats posed by viruses comes to light
Interesting. I personally believe that getting EBV at 21 triggered my ulcerative colitis – symptoms started hitting out of nowhere a couple of months afterwards – so I’d really like to see more research exploring connections to other autoimmune diseases/immune dysfunction more broadly.
Damn I got really, really sick from EBV a few years ago. Otherwise young and healthy. Lasted several months and included temporary liver damage among other ailments. I’m really hoping this doesn’t mean I have elevated risk for MS or other dangerous cancers?
An interesting read after just getting over glandular fever- I don’t think I’ve ever been so tired in my life I’m only just getting back to normal now
So it was lupus all along.
Terrible SEO on the virus name rn
Is it not widely known that autoimmune diseases in general are triggered by bacterial and viral infections. I get a new one whenever I run a fever. We’re on four now, and I think I have a fifth but the treatments the same as what I’m on now so I haven’t even bothered mentioning it. And if it isn’t I’m sure something will pop up soon.
EBV can trigger HLH too. We know so little about the impact of common infections!
EBV absolutely destroyed my life and 8 years later I still suffer from symptoms like chronic fatigue, brain fog, muscle spasms and I’ve finally applied for disability, all because of this virus.
My mother had lupus. It was only diagnosed in her 60s, but she’d had some of the symptoms, like acute sensitivity to sunburn, since her 20s. So was EBV around that long ago?
Dr. House in shambles right now…
EBV connected to everything from bipolar to MS to now lupus… we should really make a vaccine at this point…
Hmmmm. I had some blood tests in my 30s and my doc said that I had EB in the past. I had no idea that I ever had it. Im going to stop reading
It can also trigger type 1 (autoimmune) diabetes. Also, enteroviruses in general have been linked to T1D