Multiple sclerosis-associated retrovirus and related human endogenous retrovirus-W in patients with multiple sclerosis

摘要

The recent literature review published in the Journal of Neuroimmunology by Hon et al. (2013) concerning multiple sclerosis associated retrovirus (MSRV) and human endogenous retrovirus-W (HERV-W) in patients with multiple sclerosis contains a number of errors and a fundamental logical misconception. We consider that we should bring this to the readers' attention in order to avoid misinterpretation of the current literature.