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    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)...