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1665380

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-4-9
pubmed:abstractText
Evidence from several sources has long suggested that enteroviruses might play a role in the postviral fatigue syndrome (PVFS). We used the most sensitive molecular virological method available at present, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification technique, to look for enteroviral copies in peripheral blood leucocytes and muscle from a well-defined group of patients. We demonstrated that our PCR method amplified a sequence common to a wide range of enteroviral serotypes. A highly significant number of the muscle biopsies (53%: P = less than 0.001) from the patients were positive for enteroviral sequences. With regard to the leucocyte samples, 16% in both patient and control were positive. The PCR results on the peripheral blood leucocytes were in keeping with serological findings, in showing that the level of exposure to enteroviruses seemed to be the same in patients and controls: it was therefore of the greatest interest that patients were 6.7 times more likely to have enteroviral genome in their muscle. We conclude that persistent enteroviral infection plays a role in the pathogenesis of PVFS, also providing preliminary evidence that severe mitochondrial injury is one of the mechanisms involved.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0007-1420
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
872-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Amplification and identification of enteroviral sequences in the postviral fatigue syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
University Department of Neurology, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't