Keep up to date on the latest MS and COVID-19 data

Multiple Sclerosis specialists and organisations provided guidance for people with Multiple Sclerosis as it relates to COVID-19. These research articles, case studies and letters include advice for those on immunosuppressives, based on the theoretical understandings of MS and the mechanisms of the treatments.

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• COVID-19 in persons with multiple sclerosis treated with ocrelizumab – A pharmacovigilance case series.
  Written by: Richard Hughes, Rosetta Pedotti, and Harold Koendgen
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• The underpinning biology relating to multiple sclerosis disease-modifying treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Written by: David Baker, Sandra Amor, Angray S. Kang,  Klaus Schmierer, Gavin Giovannoni.
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• An Italian programme for COVID-19 infection in multiple sclerosis.
  Written by: Maria Pia Sormani, on behalf of the Italian Study Group on COVID-19 infection in multiple sclerosis.
  Read full text at: The Lancet | Science Direct
• Patients with MS treated with immunosuppressive agents: Across the COVID-19 spectrum
  Written by: C. Louapre, E. Maillart, T. Roux, V. Pourcher, G. Bussone, C. Lubetzki, C. Papeix
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• COVID-19 pandemic: The experience of a multiple sclerosis centre in Chile
  Written by: Ethel Ciampi, Reinaldo Uribe-San-Martin, Claudia Cárcamo
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• Immunosuppression during the COVID-19 pandemic in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders patients: A new challenge
  Written by: Edgar Carnero Contentti, Jorge Correa
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• Mild COVID-19 infection despite chronic B cell depletion in a patient with aquaporin-4-positive neuromyelitis Optica spectrum disorder
  Written by: Marina A. Creed, Enrique Ballesteros, L. John Greenfield Jr., Jaime Imitola
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For more information, consider following Gavin Giovannoni’s coverage of MS and COVID-19 in his blog. Consider reading his summary of the biology of MS and COVID-19