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===Chronic fatigue syndrome=== A prospective study of 250 primary care patients revealed a higher prevalence of [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] after infectious [[mononucleosis]] (glandular fever) when compared to an ordinary upper respiratory tract infection.<ref name="White1998">{{Cite journal | last = White | first = P.D. | last2 = Thomas | first2 = J.M. | last3 = Amess | first3 = J. | last4 = Crawford | first4 =D.H. | last5 = Grover | first5 = S.A. | last6 = Kangro | first6 = H.O. | last7 = Clare | first7 = A.W. | date = Dec 1998 | title = Incidence, risk and prognosis of acute and chronic fatigue syndromes and psychiatric disorders after glandular fever |url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9926075|journal=The British Journal of Psychiatry: The Journal of Mental Science|volume=173 | pages = 475–481|issn=0007-1250|pmid=9926075|issue=|doi=|pmc=|quote= | author-link = Peter White|via=}}</ref> Anti-early antigen titers to EBV were elevated in CFS patients and associated with worse symptoms.<ref name="Schmaling1996">{{Cite journal | last = Schmaling | first = K.B. | last2 = Jones | first2 = J.F. | date = Jan 1996 | title = MMPI profiles of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome | url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8730646|journal=Journal of Psychosomatic Research|volume=40|issue=1 | pages = 67–74|issn=0022-3999|pmid=8730646}}</ref> A 2006 Australian prospective study found that 12% of subjects infected by EBV met the criteria for [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] six months after their infection, and 9% still had CFS 12 months after infection.<ref name="Hickie2006">{{Cite journal | last = Hickie | first = Ian | author-link = Ian Hickie | last2 = Davenport | first2 = Tracey | authorlink2 = Tracey Davenport | last3 = Wakefield | first3 = Denis | authorlink3 = Denis Wakefield | last4 = Vollmer-Conna | first4 = Ute | authorlink4 = Uté Vollmer-Conna | last5 = Cameron | first5 = Barbara | authorlink5 = | last6 = Vernon | first6 = Suzanne D | authorlink6 = Suzanne Vernon | last7 = Reeves | first7 = William C | author-link8 = William Reeves | last8 = Lloyd | first8 = Andrew | author-link8 = Andrew Lloyd | date = 2006-09-16 | title = Post-infective and chronic fatigue syndromes precipitated by viral and non-viral pathogens: prospective cohort study| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1569956/|journal=BMJ : British Medical Journal|volume=333|issue=7568 | pages = 575|doi=10.1136/bmj.38933.585764.AE|issn=0959-8138|pmc=1569956|pmid=16950834|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> (The same rate held true for [[Ross River virus]] and [[Q fever]].) In another study sample, 110 of 178 patients with increased antibodies against EBV had a diagnosis of CFS.<ref name="Mikirova2014" />
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