Dr. Nancy Klimas says what's exciting her most right now in the ME/CFS field is a renewed focus on herpesvirus reactivation and what artificial intelligence will bring.
Studies thus far indicate the long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) may be exhausting the body in similar ways via viral persistence, autoimmunity, circulatory and blood issues and small fiber neuropathy.
Bhupesh Prusty and Bob Naviaux team up to show that a simmering herpesvirus infection could produce the key features of the "cell danger response" where a mitochoncrial breakdown and immune activation combine to sap chronic fatigue syndrome patients' energy.
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