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This is a good piece about herpes viruses and the impact they may have on human health. They mention not only lymphoma but the possiblity that MS may also be related to EBV infection.
They describe a clinical picture virtually indistinguishable from CFS.
They go into the reasons why Vit. D may be involved in development of illness.
First 13 minutes of show.
Here's the Holmes paper which became known as the first "CFS" definition.
Note the lengthy explanation of how EBV couldn't possibly be a factor because testing "only" showed reactivation of a latent virus.
zoe.a.m. -- That's an interesting study! I would never have found it if you hadn't posted it. I do have high EBV Early Antigen titers, so am always interested in EBV treatments.
I finally had a titer test done last year (after close to a decade) which just showed positive past infection, nothing current. Is that the same as a high "early antigen" result? I can't believe I still don't know the answers to these questions!
I've read elsewhere that the EBV EA (early antigen) test results at present seem to be one of the best indicators of a reactivated past infection.