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1984 Incline Village chronic fatigue syndrome outbreak
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==Outbreak== An estimated 160 residents of Incline Village became ill with [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] ([[chronic fatigue syndrome|CFS]]) the winter of 1985 of which the majority were seen by local doctors, [[Paul Cheney]] and [[Daniel Peterson]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-07-mn-9956-story.html | title = 160 Victims at Lake Tahoe : Chronic Flu-Like Illness a Medical Mystery Story | last = | first = | author-link = | date = 1986-06-07 | website = Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2021-03-24}}</ref> Dr. [[Anthony Komaroff]] studied 175 cases around Lake Tahoe and found "quite a number" have been fully or partially disabled while a third said their condition improved.<ref name="nytimes" /> ===Truckee, California High School=== During this same time, about 20 miles away, Truckee, California was involved in a similar outbreak. Nine of 10 teachers using a conference room at the same high school were found to be suffering from [[sick building syndrome]] (SBS) as well as symptoms typical of CFS.<ref name="Chester">{{Cite journal | last = Chester | first = A.C. | author-link = | last2 = Levine | first2 = P.H. | author-link2 = Paul Levine | date = Jan 1994 | title = Concurrent sick building syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome: epidemic neuromyasthenia revisited | url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180205051123if_/http://www.me-ireland.com:80/Truckee.pdf | journal=Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America | volume = 18 | issue = Supp 1| pages=S43β48|doi=10.1093/clinids/18.supplement_1.s43|issn=1058-4838|pmc=|pmid=8148452|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref>
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