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RESEARCH

Virus Tied To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

" The virus [is] in a significant number

of samples that. . .could be linked to a number of neuro-immune diseases,

including autism. " - Lead author Judy Mikovits, Ph.D. [see COMMENTARY,

below. –ed.]

From NPR. is.gd/4fyS4

Researchers have found a virus that might be

at the root of chronic fatigue syndrome. More than a million Americans suffer

from the disease, which can leave them exhausted even after a good night's

sleep, cause debilitating pain in muscles and joints, and make concentrating

difficult. Montagne talks with Dr. , one of the first to

recognize chronic fatigue syndrome.

RENEE MONTAGNE, host: We have news, now, of a scientific

breakthrough about a disease that affects over a million people in the U.S. -

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Chronic Fatigue affects the immune system, leaving

its victims exhausted all the time. It can cause debilitating muscle and

joint pain and cognitive problems.

According to a new study in the journal

Science Express, two-thirds of a group suffering from Chronic Fatigue were

infected with the retro virus called XMRV. Researchers can't yet say whether

XMRV actually causes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, but there is a strong

association.

Dr. was one of the first to

recognize Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as a disease. He's medical director of a

neuro-disease institute in Nevada.

Thank you for joining us.

Dr. DANIEL PETERSON (Medical Director,

Whittemore Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease): Thank you very much.

MONTAGNE: Now, you've been in this field from

the beginning and would have paid attention to how patients have often been

ridiculed - as to somehow they don't really have a disease. Why did people

think that?

Dr. PETERSON: I think the reason for that is

the abnormalities of the immune system are initially very subtle. And if a

physician does just routine testing - CBCs, chemistry panels, urinalysis,

things like that - you find they're normal. And it isn't until you look at

the immune system that you realize there's substantial dis-regulation of the

immune system.

So, it's very similar to asymptomatic carriers

of HIV. They look just fine until time passes and their illness evolves and

more symptoms are found. But I never felt this was predominantly a

psychiatric disease or malingering. There was never any evidence to support

that theory.

MONTAGNE: Was your work, though, in the early

stages, in a sense, you know, looked down upon. Like you're working on

something that everyone knows isn't really a disease.

Dr. PETERSON: Absolutely. Absolutely. It was a

problem in the early '80s, particularly, and this federal agencies never

showed particular interest in this disease as well.

MONTAGNE: So, what was the path to this

discovery?

Dr. PETERSON: Yeah, it's an interesting story.

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