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To the Editor: In response to some of Dr. Poser's points (in Journal Watch Neurology Dec 27 2002) regarding my review of the evidence for multiple sclerosis (MS) as a sexually transmitted infection (JNNP 2002; 73:439): (1) Regarding the relation between MS "epidemics" and influxes of troops in the Faroe Islands and in Iceland, there is no universal agreement, and the notorious Kurtzke-Poser debate on this subject was one of the fiercest in neurologic literature. (2) MS in Sardinia: There appeared to be an increased MS incidence in Macomer following arrival of soldiers and continental workers after World War II. I do not claim a similar mechanism for subsequent developments in Sardinia. (3) Everyone knows that HTLV-1 does not cause MS, but I…