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1985 Lyndonville outbreak
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Lyndonville, New York, a small, farming town near the southern shore of Lake Ontario, was the site of an outbreak of [[ME/CFS]] in the mid to late 1980's. Dr. [[David Bell]], a private practice physician, began seeing numerous patients come in with the same baffling symptoms.<ref>http://me-pedia.org/wiki/David_Bell</ref> In many ways his story mirrors that of Dr. [[Daniel Peterson]], with the [[1984 Incline Village chronic fatigue syndrome outbreak]], in that he did not receive help from the state health department nor the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] and had to seek out answers himself.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sheffield_Bell</ref> A chance encounter at a medical conference brought Bell and Peterson together, starting a life-long collaboration to solve this medical mystery. The outbreak started when eight children went sledding together and all came down with a flu-like illness later classified as [[chronic fatigue syndrome]].<ref>http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704005404576176823580854478</ref> In the next couple years, more than 200 patients, including 46 children and adolescents, were affected during the outbreak.<ref>http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/107/5/994?variant=long&sso=1&sso_redirect_count=1&nfstatus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR%3a+No+local+token</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=FpfOgfiUQxkC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=lyndonville+outbreak+of+chronic+fatigue+syndrome&source=bl&ots=orsSvkpDUL&sig=AsyUDSbzY6Pngt6GVDG9tqfJt4s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwlrzDqcbNAhVD7iYKHZtoCdoQ6AEIYjAJ#v=onepage&q=lyndonville%20outbreak%20of%20chronic%20fatigue%20syndrome&f=false</ref> ==Media Coverage== *[[I Remember Me]] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:History]] [[Category:Outbreaks]] [[Category:Outbreaks in the 1980s]] [[Category:Outbreaks in the United States of America]]
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