在COVID-19大流行期间减少了自身免疫性脑炎的医院发病率
Jonathan Wickel1, Ha-Yeun Chung1, Franz Felix Konen2
1Section of Translational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Germany.
Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation
|February 13, 2026
概括
COVID-19大流行并没有增加自身免疫性脑炎 (AE) 的发病率或严重程度. 与自身抗体相关的AE病例略有下降,疾病严重程度没有变化,这表明SARS-CoV-2不会触发AE.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 自身免疫性脑炎 (AE) 是一种严重的神经疾病.
- 随着COVID-19的流行,人们对自身免疫性疾病的潜在触发因素产生了担忧.
- 疫情对AE发病率和严重程度的影响以前尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 分析与自身抗体相关的AE在医院发生率和疾病严重性的变化.
- 将COVID-19大流行期间的AE病例与大流行前时期进行比较.
主要方法:
- 这是一项回顾性多中心研究,包括2017年至2022年期间诊断的392名患者.
- 分析了来自德国自身免疫性脑炎研究网络 (GENERATE) 24个中心的数据.
- 患者分为流行病前 (2017-2019) 和流行病 (2020-2022) 组.
主要成果:
- 在大流行期间,AE的医院发病率下降 (每地点9.5至6.9例,p=0.04).
- 具有对神经元表面抗原抗体的病例下降 (p=0.02),而具有细胞内抗体的病例保持稳定 (p=0.40).
- 在这两个时期之间,没有观察到疾病严重程度,年龄或性别分布的显著差异.
结论:
- 该研究提供了COVID-19大流行之前和期间对抗体阳性AE的临床数据.
- 这些发现不支持SARS-CoV-2感染引发自身抗体相关AE的假设.
- COVID-19大流行并没有增加自身免疫性脑炎的严重程度.
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