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Im sure there is a list somewhere on this page but I cant find it.
List of all the names of all the different viruses etc that is connected with ME?
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The pathogens most frequently linked to ME/CFS are:
Certain enteroviruses:
We can now probably add SARS-CoV-2 to the above list. And you can also include Borrelia if you consider that chronic Lyme is a form of ME/CFS.
Very occasionally some cases of ME/CFS appear due to reactivated varicella zoster virus (you know if you have this because it causes a shingles rash).
These are the main pathogens that ME/CFS doctors will typically test you for.
There are a few other pathogens which are sometimes found in ME/CFS patients, as co-infections which may make the ME/CFS worse.
Certain enteroviruses:
- coxsackievirus B
- echovirus
- Epstein-Barr virus
- cytomegalovirus
- HHV-6
- parvovirus B19
- Chlamydia pneumoniae (a bacterium which lives inside your cells)
We can now probably add SARS-CoV-2 to the above list. And you can also include Borrelia if you consider that chronic Lyme is a form of ME/CFS.
Very occasionally some cases of ME/CFS appear due to reactivated varicella zoster virus (you know if you have this because it causes a shingles rash).
These are the main pathogens that ME/CFS doctors will typically test you for.
There are a few other pathogens which are sometimes found in ME/CFS patients, as co-infections which may make the ME/CFS worse.
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Thank you!!
Just a brief thing to keep in mind:
Any list is by necessity going to be incomplete, limited by our current technological capacity to detect viruses.
We have only just begun to identify the different viruses that exist in the human virome...
Any list is by necessity going to be incomplete, limited by our current technological capacity to detect viruses.
We have only just begun to identify the different viruses that exist in the human virome...