Further, they described that the hepatitis B virus polymerase (HBVP) shares six consecutive amino acids with the encephalitogenic site of the myelin basic protein in rabbits (MBP) and that recombinant virus infection in a mouse model led to the autoimmune disease experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis [121,122]. The gene discussed is MBP; the disease is experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.