What causes prolonged fatigue after infectious mononucleosis - and does it tell us anything about chronic fatigue syndrome?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-5

  White, Peter D ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FATIGUE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RISK FACTOR; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS;

EID: 34250809791     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518615     Document Type: Editorial

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