Measles Virus‐Induced Migration Inhibition In Vitro of Leukocytes from Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Abstract
The migration inhibition in vitro induced by measles virus material on leukocytes from 17 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) was compared with that of 8 patients with various other CNS diseases and that of 12 healthy blood donors. Significant differences could not be demonstrated. The results do not indicate that MS patients'' leukocytes show an altered behavior to measles virus material in the migration inhibition test. [These results do not support the hypothesis that MS is associated with a paramyxovirus infection with a defective cellular immune response.].