by Cort Johnson | Jul 4, 2019 | Brain, Epstein-Barr Virus, Neuroinflammation, Pathogens
Forty years ago, the Epstein-Barr virus was the hot topic in ME/CFS. Nobody was talking about neuroinflammation back then. Now, though, the idea that neuroninflammation may be causing everything from increased pain sensitivity to fatigue to possibly even the movement... 
by Cort Johnson | Jun 30, 2019 | Epstein-Barr Virus, Gene expression, Homepage, Pathogens
If there was ever a “prodigal virus” in ME/CFS, it would be the Epstein-barr virus (EBV). Since the first EBV ME/CFS study in 1984, dozens of studies have examined the role the virus may play in this diseases, and tens of thousands have studied its... 
by Cort Johnson | Feb 23, 2019 | Autonomic Nervous System, Epstein-Barr Virus, Pathogens
The post-infectious fatigue studies – those which follow healthy people as they come down with an infection and then develop ME/CFS – present the possibility of catching the disease in its tracks as it begins to wreak it’s havoc. Expensive and... 
by Cort Johnson | Nov 17, 2018 | Epstein-Barr Virus, Herpes Simplex Virus, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Pathogens
Given the ubiquity of herpesviruses, the common infectious trigger in ME/CFS and the fact that once you’re infected with them – you’re infected for life – it’s no surprise that researchers have been interested in herpesviruses and ME/CFS... 
by Cort Johnson | Apr 30, 2018 | Epstein-Barr Virus, Pathogens
It’s not every day that a noted researcher calls a study “the capstone” of his career or asserts that it’s more important than the rest of his 500 studies put together. That’s pretty amazing but the exciting part for those of us with... 
by Cort Johnson | Jan 26, 2018 | Epstein-Barr Virus, Immune, Research
Bruun Wyller continues to surprise. Recently the CBT proponent called for more research into Epstein Barr virus. Now his latest study suggests that neither the neurological, immune nor the endocrine systems alone cause ME/CFS but that the three working together may...
