SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME - A CASE-CONTROL STUDY

Authors
MAWLE AC NISENBAUM R DOBBINS JG GARY HE STEWART JA REYES M STEELE L SCHMID DS REEVES WC
Citation
Ac. Mawle et al., SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME - A CASE-CONTROL STUDY, Clinical infectious diseases, 21(6), 1995, pp. 1386-1389
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Clinical infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
10584838
Volume
21
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1386 - 1389
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(1995)21:6<1386:SOCFS->2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We performed serological testing for a large number of infectious agen ts in 26 patients from Atlanta who had chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and in 50 controls matched by age, race, and sex, We did not find any agent associated with CFS. In addition, we did not find elevated level s of antibody to any of a wide range of agents examined, In particular , we did not find elevated titers of antibody to any herpesvirus, nor did we find evidence of enteroviral exposure in this group of patients .