Measles virus-induced migration inhibition in vitro of leukocytes from patients with multiple sclerosis

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 central nervous system 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 behaviour to measles virus material in the migration inhibition test.