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== Patient concerns == * In 1992, [[Joan Irvine]] wrote to the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) expressing concern as she believed that she had contracted [[Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome]] (CFIDS) (also known as [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (CFS) and now [[ME/CFS]]) after a blood transfusion in 1987 (she committed suicide in 1996). The CDC replied to her stating "However since ongoing research indicates an infectious agent may be involved in some cases of [[Chronic fatigue syndrome|CFS]] it would seem prudent to refrain from donating blood until this issue is resolved".<ref>{{Cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108003828/http://www.cfs-news.org/joan.htm | title = Joan Irvine, Blood Letters | website = CFS-NEWS | date = 2009-11-08 | url = http://www.cfs-news.org/joan.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-11-08 | access-date = 2019-02-22}}</ref> * In 2009, [[Margaret Williams]] has written about this subject, stating that here could be risk of spreading infection if a subset of [[ME/CFS]] patients were found to have an [[Infectious disease hypotheses|infectious disease cause]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.investinme.org/Article-352%20The%20Role%20of%20Viruses%20in%20MECFS.htm | title = Invest in ME - The role of viruses in ME/CFS | website = [[Invest in ME Research]] | access-date = 2019-02-22 | date = | last = Williams | first = Margaret | author-link = Margaret Williams|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref>
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