Norwegian Institute of Public Health has published a trial on the HPV-vaccination and ME. Prof. Vegard Bruun Wyller is one of the researchers.
Folkehelseinstituttet: Fant ingen økt risiko for kronisk utmattelsessyndrom etter HPV-vaksinasjon
Google translation: No increased risk of CFS after HPV vaccination
Link to the study: HPV vaccination and risk of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: A nationwide register-based study from Norway
Results of the study
CFS/ME was defined as an in-or outpatient hospital visit with a discharge diagnosis coded as G93.3 in the NPR. The national guidelines on CFS/ME recommend using ICD-10 code G93.3 for CFS/ME, regardless of suspected cause, and that children and adolescents are diagnosed by a paediatrician in the specialized health care. Children and adolescents are usually diagnosed according to guidelines from the Norwegian Paediatric Association, which refer both to the Fukuda criteria and to a broader case definition, requiring 3 months of unexplained, disabling, chronic fatigue. A recent Norwegian study found that 73% of adolescents diagnosed with CFS/ME, were diagnosed according to the Fukuda criteria.
Folkehelseinstituttet: Fant ingen økt risiko for kronisk utmattelsessyndrom etter HPV-vaksinasjon
Google translation: No increased risk of CFS after HPV vaccination
Link to the study: HPV vaccination and risk of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: A nationwide register-based study from Norway
Results of the study
- Girls who have received one or more doses of HPV vaccine do not have a greater risk of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS / ME) than girls who have not received such a vaccine.
- The study also shows that CFS / ME in Norway has increased in the period 2009-2014. The data for this part of the study are taken from more than 800,000 children and adolescents aged 10-17 years. About two thirds (67%) of those diagnosed are girls. However, the increase is similar in both sexes, although diagnosis occurs more frequently in girls. The reason for the increase is unknown.
CFS/ME was defined as an in-or outpatient hospital visit with a discharge diagnosis coded as G93.3 in the NPR. The national guidelines on CFS/ME recommend using ICD-10 code G93.3 for CFS/ME, regardless of suspected cause, and that children and adolescents are diagnosed by a paediatrician in the specialized health care. Children and adolescents are usually diagnosed according to guidelines from the Norwegian Paediatric Association, which refer both to the Fukuda criteria and to a broader case definition, requiring 3 months of unexplained, disabling, chronic fatigue. A recent Norwegian study found that 73% of adolescents diagnosed with CFS/ME, were diagnosed according to the Fukuda criteria.
Politiken: Overlæge afviser frikendelse av hpv-bivirkninger trods nyt studie
Google translation: Doctor rejects the clearing of HPV side effects despite new study
Don't really know what to make of this myself, but note that ME is debated in Danish media without doctors from Århus claiming it to be a somatoform disorder (albeit a "controversial disorder"). So guess that's something..