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    Created in 2008, Phoenix Rising is the largest and oldest forum dedicated to furthering the understanding of and finding treatments for complex chronic illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia (FM), long COVID, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and allied diseases.

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    EBV/HHV-6A dUTPases contribute to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic-Fatigue-Syndrome pathophysiology by enhancing TFH cell differ... (Cox et al, 2022)

    EBV/HHV-6A dUTPases contribute to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic-Fatigue-Syndrome pathophysiology by enhancing TFH cell differentiation and extrafollicular activities Authors Brandon S. Cox, Khaled Alharshawi, Irene Mena-Palomo, William P. Lafuse, Maria E. Ariza Abstract Myalgic...
  2. Pyrrhus

    ME/CFS: The Human Herpesviruses Are Back! (Ariza, 2021)

    Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Human Herpesviruses Are Back! (Ariza, 2021) https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/11/2/185 Excerpt: (spacing added for readability)
  3. Th1please

    CFS: new findings about human herpesviruses (EBV, HHV-6)

    Full text/study: Biomolecules | Free Full-Text | Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Human Herpesviruses Are Back! | HTML (mdpi.com) Abstract Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) or Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease (SEID) is a chronic...
  4. Murph

    EBV dUTPase Induces Neuroinflammatory Mediators: Implications for ME/CFS

    Clin Ther. 2019 Apr 27. pii: S0149-2918(19)30173-0. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2019.04.009. [Epub ahead of print] Epstein-Barr Virus dUTPase Induces Neuroinflammatory Mediators: Implications for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Williams PhD MV1, Cox B2, Lafuse PhD WP3, Ariza...
  5. hixxy

    ME/CFS and GWI patients exhibit increased humoral responses to the Herpesviruses-encoded dUTPase

    J Med Virol. 2017 Mar 17. doi: 10.1002/jmv.24810. [Epub ahead of print] Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Gulf War Illness patients exhibit increased humoral responses to the Herpesviruses-encoded dUTPase: Implications in disease pathophysiology. Halpin P, Williams MV...
  6. Kati

    Herpesviruses dUTPases: A New Family of PAMP Proteins with Implications for human diseases

    Herpesviruses dUTPases: A New Family of Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern (PAMP) Proteins with Implications for Human Disease Marshall V. Williams 1,2, Brandon Cox 2 and Maria Eugenia Ariza 1,2,* 1 Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Wexner Medical Center, Ohio State University...
  7. patient.journey

    Discovery could lead to faster diagnosis for some chronic fatigue syndrome cases

    http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0047891 Background A defined diagnostic panel differentiated patients who had been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), based upon Fukuda/Carruthers criteria. This diagnostic panel identified an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)...