Re: contamination of vaccines with viruses, mycoplasma, etc.

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Bernie,

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> How do patients contract the mycoplasma, bacterial and viral

infections found in those with chronic conditions? Many patients

may already have these infections in dormant or latent forms, and

their triggering of illness

> may be associated with a decline in the ability of the immune

system to hold them in check. In other patients, infections may

occur by a variety of routes, including airborne transmission, fluid

exchange (such as blood transfusions), or in contaminated vaccines.

In some

> commercial vaccines contamination has been documented. For

example, some of the more common contaminants of commercial vaccines

are mycoplasmas [6].

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> In the case of GWI, the multiple vaccines that the Armed Forces

received upon deployment to the Persian Gulf have recently been

associated with GWI.

> Unwin and colleagues [7] studied British Gulf War veterans with GWI

and found an association with the multiple vaccines that they

received during

> deployment. In the U.S. there has been a rash of GWI signs and

symptoms in Armed Forces personnel who recently received the anthrax

vaccine. In some cases this

> has resulted in chronic illnesses in as many as 7-10% of personnel

receiving the vaccine [8]. The chronic signs and symptoms

associated with anthrax vaccination are very similar to those found

in GWI patients, suggesting that at least some of the chronic

illnesses suffered by veterans of the 1991 Gulf War may have been

caused by vaccines in combination with other exposures

> [8]. The anthrax vaccine, in particular, should not be used in

Armed Forces personnel because of valid questions

> concerning its safety and efficacy.

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> When microorganism infections are identified in blood fractions of

subsets of patients with FMS, CFS/ME, GWI or RA, these patients

should be treated as medical not psychological or psychiatric

patients, just like any other

> patients with blood bacterial infections. If such infections are

important in these disorders, then appropriate treatments with

antibiotics, antivirals or other medications that suppress chronic

infections should result in

> improvement and even recovery. This is exactly what has been found

[9].

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> 6.Thornton D. A survey of mycoplasma detection in vaccines.

Vaccine 1986;

> 4:237-240.

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> 7.Unwin C, Blatchley N, CokerW, et al. Health of UK servicemen

who served in the Persian Gulf War. Lancet 1999; 353:169-178.

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> 8.Nicolson GL, Nass M, Nicolson NL. The anthrax vaccine

controversy. Questions about its efficacy, safety and strategy.

Med. Sentinel 2000;

> 5:97-101.

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> 9.Nicolson GL, Nasralla M, Franco AR, et al. Diagnosis and

Integrative Treatment of Intracellular Bacterial Infections in

Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Syndromes, Gulf War Illness,

Rheumatoid Arthritis and other Chronic Illnesses. Clin. Pract. Alt.

Med. 2000; 1(2):92-102.

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