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Quote:
William Reeves, principal investigator for the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC)'s CFS public health research programme, says the
findings are "unexpected and surprising" and that it is "almost unheard of
to find an association of this magnitude between an infectious agent and a
well-defined chronic disease, much less an illness like CFS"
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What does he mean "much less an illness like CFS". CFS is much more like a
chronic viral disease than most chronic diseases - it is often clearly
triggered by an infection and 'flu-like symptoms are part of the complex.
Why is he heading a program based in the viral section of the CDC if he has
this attitude?
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Quote:"But Reeves is cautious. "Until the work is independently verified,
the report represents a single pilot study," he says. According to Reeves,
the CDC is already trying to replicate these findings. He also notes that
CFS is a heterogeneous disease and likely arises from a combination of many
factors."
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Normally, I would be pleased to hear that the CDC was doing viral research
on the illness.
However, if they use the "empirical" definition, I believe the percentage of
patients with CFS will be much lower than the percentage of patients who
satisfy a "proper" defintion for CFS.
Tom Kindlon
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