Post - Infectious Fatigue
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Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and Gulf War Syndrome are diseases of unknown etiology which are accompanied by severe fatigue as a main complaint. Yet there may be some kind of “post-infectious fatigue syndrome” following any infection by a virus. Post-infectious fatigue, which is caused by many different viruses, includes chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection and it is thought that the onset of this disease is associated with latent EBV infection in a very unusual manner. As there may be an unusual latent infection with human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) which may be an etiology of CFS in the CFS patients, the study on latent infection is considered to be important for elucidating CFS and Gulf War Syndrome.
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Post-infectious disease syndrome.
Many post-infectious syndromes have been recognized in the last 50 years, some following viral infections and others closely related to bacterial disease. The occurrence of prolonged fatigue following an apparent viral illness of varying severity is also well documented. The lack of a recognizable precipitating cause and the tendency for epidemic fatigue to occur among hospital staff led many t...
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