Serological and virological investigation of the role of the herpesviruses EBV, CMV and HHV-6 in post-infective fatigue syndrome

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1684-1688

  Cameron, Barbara ^a   Flamand, Louis ^b   Juwana, Hedy ^c   Middeldorp, Jaap ^c   Naing, Zin ^d   Rawlinson, William ^d   Ablashi, Dharam ^e   Lloyd, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Université Laval   (Canada)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e The HHV 6 Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Herpesvirus; Post infective fatigue syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTVIRAL FATIGUE SYNDROME; SEROLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6;

EID: 77956577261     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21873     Document Type: Article

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