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    Historical ME Research Literature and related information

    Dear Bob, A few references from the New Zealand outbreak which was first described by Dr Peter Snow, a country doctor in Tapanui, New Zealand. I arrived there in 1983 and tried to carry out meaningful research with very little funding. Poore M, Snow P and Paul C. An unexplained illness in...
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    Retroviral Cause Suspected as Early as 1987

    Here I am back again! I have now returned to New Zealand after 8 years in Western Australia and in early August will be taking up the position of general practitioner in Tapanui where Dr Snow first described the mystery illness in the 1980s. You can read about it at...