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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Linked to Virus

Obscure virus found in two-thirds of sufferers

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 9, 2009 6:45 AM CDT

(Newser) – A research team believes it has finally uncovered the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome. The mysterious syndrome—labeled "yuppie flu" in the '80s and considered by some doctors to be a purely psychiatric problem—appears to be caused by an obscure retrovirus, the scientists... Read full story »

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