Daffodil
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Epstein-Barr virus infection is common in inflamed gastrointestinal mucosa.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22410851
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22410851
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ill just bet this whole thing is caused by EBV latent proteins. like some in-between phase of EBV that is neither lytic nor fully latent...like cancer but not. maybe there is some special strain we have that they have not found. some strains are associated with certain types of cancers so there are different strains of EBV!
Indeed, that's what I think: there's another causing factor, causing the immune dysfunction leading to a re-activation of pathogens that were in check, and not anymore. It's a bit of the same way HIV is causing illness, directly and indirectly.Thanks Daffodil - chicken or egg it always seems to come down to a compromised gut problem (hence immune dysfunction).
I have heard from a few people who have had gut biopsy's from KDM, only recall hhv6 by one person, cant recall the other viruses though?Thanks Daffodil, that is very interesting.
I wonder if any ME docs have looked for this specifically. Does anyone know?
I'm seeing KDM later this month so I can ask him.
was wondering the same thing today after reading this paper. Great minds Daffodil....could it be that antivirals do not reach the gut in sufficient quantities as in HIV?
Epstein-Barr virus infection is common in inflamed gastrointestinal mucosa.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22410851