MBP and herpes simplex infectious disease: Searching for public clones in the databases revealed that the most common clone of all samples (Vβ7-9–Jβ1-1; CASSLGGTEAFF), which was found in 57% of RE patients and 65% of controls, was similar, but not identical to two published CDR3 sequences, one associated with herpes simplex immune response33 (CASSLGGTDTQYF) and one myelin basic protein-specific clone34 (CASSLGGSEETQYF), reactions against both might very well be common in both groups of patients.