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Multiple Sclerosis, Mad Cow Disease and Acinetobacter

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Authors:
  1. Alan Ebringer

    1. King's College London, London, United Kingdom

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  • Discovery of the link between Acinetobacter bacteria in MS patients and BSE affected animals was made by the editor's team at KCL, who will discuss this discovery with a unique knowledge
  • The book will deal with the cause of MS throughout the world, which will arouse international interest in the scientific and medical community
  • Some 20 papers on neurological topics will be brought together, making this book accessible to patients, neurologists, research institutions, professionals and the general public

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Multiple Sclerosis as a Scientific Problem

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 1-7

  3. History of the Attempts to Find the Origin of Multiple Sclerosis

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 9-14

  4. The Problem of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy also Known as “Mad Cow Disease” in the United Kingdom

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 15-20

  5. Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis as a Model of Multiple Sclerosis

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 21-26

  6. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: Comparison Between the “Prion” Hypothesis and the Autoimmune Theory

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 27-35

  7. Molecular Sequences in EAE and BSE Point to Acinetobacter Bacteria

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 37-44

  8. Autoantibodies to Brain Components and Antibodies to Acinetobacter Are Present in Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 45-55

  9. Antibodies to Acinetobacter Bacteria But Not to Other Microbes Are Present in Animals with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 57-65

  10. An Ante-Mortem Test for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Involving “Myelin-Acinetobacter-Neurofilaments” (MAN) Tested in 12 Strains of Acinetobacter Bacteria

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 67-78

  11. Antibodies to Prion and Acinetobacter Peptide Sequences in Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 79-86

  12. Antibodies to Acinetobacter and Pseudomonas Bacteria in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 87-96

  13. Antibodies to Acinetobacter Peptide Sequences Resembling Myelin and Neurofilaments in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 97-107

  14. The Myelin-Acinetobacter-Neurofilament Index in an Attempt to Diagnose Multiple Sclerosis

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 109-117

  15. Antibodies to Short Synthetic Acinetobacter and Pseudomonas Peptide Sequences Resembling Myelin and Neurofilaments in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 119-129

  16. Antibodies to Acinetobacter and Myelin in Multiple Sclerosis and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Patients

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 131-139

  17. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and its Variants

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 141-152

  18. Sinusitis in Multiple Sclerosis and Acinetobacter

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 153-160

  19. The Theory That Multiple Sclerosis, CJD and BSE are Caused by Acinetobacter

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 161-171

  20. The Scientific Method of Sir Karl Popper

    • Alan Ebringer
    Pages 173-181
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About this book

The aim of this book is to publicise and bring to a wider audience the concept that the cause of two neurological diseases, namely multiple sclerosis (MS) and “mad cow disease” also known as “bovine spongiform encephalopathy” are related through exposure to a common microbe Acinetobacter which is found in human sinuses, on skin and in the soil. An infection is the cause of a neurological disease in man and in animals. Elevated levels of antibodies to Acinetobacter have been found in multiple sclerosis patients as well as in ruminants who have been described as suffering from “mad cow disease” following exposure to contaminated feed supplements. The overall objective and scope of this book is to inform the audience, the reader, that multiple sclerosis may be linked to a microbe Acinetobacter which carries molecular structures resembling myelin, the outer sheath covering of neurons.

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  • King's College London, London, United Kingdom

    Alan Ebringer

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Professor Alan Ebringer, Department of Rheumatology, The Middlesex Hospital UCH School of Medicine and Infection & Immunity Group, Division of Life Sciences, Kings College, London, UK.

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