Viral damage or 'molecular mimicry'—placing the blame
in myocarditis
Noel R. Rose
Department of Pathology and Department of Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions,
MMI/Room E5014, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
, USA
nrrose@jhsph.edu
Coxsackieviruses have long been associated with myocarditis. Recent
studies have attempted to determine whether this autoimmune response to heart
antigens is initiated by the virus itself, or by host antigens released during
viral damage (pages 693−697).
