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SUBMITTER: Broderick G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3480896 | biostudies-other | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Broderick Gordon G Katz Ben Z BZ Fernandes Henrique H Fletcher Mary Ann MA Klimas Nancy N Smith Frederick A FA O'Gorman Maurice R G MR Vernon Suzanne D SD Taylor Renee R
Journal of translational medicine 20120913
<h4>Background</h4>As Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) has been known to follow Epstein-Bar virus (EBV) and other systemic infections; our objective was to describe differences in immune activation in post-infective CFS (PI-CFS) patients and recovered controls. We studied 301 adolescents prospectively over 24 months following the diagnosis of monospot-positive infectious mononucleosis (IM). We found an incidence of CFS at 6, 12 and 24 months of 13%, 7% and 4% respectively.<h4>Methods</h4>Using che ...[more]