"Dr. Jose Montoya, who will be overseeing the study at Stanford, heads an initiative at the university focused on studying chronic diseases suspected to be associated with infection. In addition to CFS, these include chronic Lyme disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and other unexplained chronic illnesses. Montoya suspects that a subset of CFS cases may be triggered by the body’s immune response to a pathogen, such as a bacteria or virus."
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Good article, which has been posted already in the General Support forum.
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Montoya's focus seems to be on viruses, and especially herpesviruses:
"Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Valganciclovir in a Subset of Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY Montoya, J. G., Kogelnik, A. M., Bhangoo, M., Lunn, M. R., Flamand, L., Merrihew, L. E., Watt, T., Kubo, J. T., Paik, J., Desai, M. 2013; 85 "
Valganciclovir might help a subset of people with ME/CFS diagnosis due to a herpesvirus eg Epstein Barr. It would not be expected to help someone whose illness is due to Lyme or indeed any bacteria. Elena
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