Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Most scientists agree that no single virus or bacterium causes multiple sclerosis (MS) all by itself. They have also concluded that no single thing in the environment or in a person’s diet is directly responsible for the disease.
Currently, scientists believe that the disease is caused by a combination of several factors — including gender, racial/ethnic, geographic, genetic, and lifestyle factors that interact with an infectious trigger of some kind (for example, one or more viruses or bacteria) to stimulate the autoimmune process.