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==Wichita clinical study== From December 2002 to July 2003 in Wichita, Kansas, US, a two-day in-hospital clinical assessment study, named the [[Wichita Clinical Study]], was conducted by Reeves and his CDC department. The complete data set is available on the [http://www.cdc.gov/cfs/programs/wichita-data-access/index.html CDC Wichita Clinical Study Data Access website]. The study enrolled 227 people and classified them into five study groups, one with CFS patients as defined by the 1994 CDC [[Fukuda criteria]] case definition, one non-fatigued control group and three other groups reporting ongoing fatigue.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/index.html | title = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) {{!}} Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | date = 2019-05-21 | website = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|language=en-us|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref> The main objective of the study was to characterize the physiologic status of subjects with CFS<ref name=":2" /> and to apply the 1994 CFS criteria to standardized reproducible criteria.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal | last =Reeves | first = William C | authorlink = William Reeves | last2 = Wagner | first2=Dieter | author-link2 = | last3 = Nisenbaum | first3 = Rosane | author-link3 = | last4 = Jones | first4=James F | authorlink4 = | last5 = Gurbaxani | first5 = Brian | authorlink5 = | last6 = Solomon | first6 = Laura | authorlink6 = | last7 = Papanicolaou | first7 = Dimitris A | last8 = Unger | first8 = Elizabeth R | authorlink8 = Elizabeth Unger | last9 = Vernon | first9 = Suzanne D | authorlink9 = Suzanne Vernon | date = Dec 2005 | title = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome β A clinically empirical approach to its definition and study|url=http://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1741-7015-3-19|journal=BMC Medicine|language=en|volume=3|issue=1|pages=|doi=10.1186/1741-7015-3-19|issn=1741-7015|quote=|via=}}</ref> The conclusion of the Wichita Clinical Study published in 2005 stated: "The empirical definition includes all aspects of CFS specified in the 1994 case definition and identifies persons with CFS in a precise manner that can be readily reproduced by both investigators and clinicians."<ref name=":1" /> In 2006, Reeves spoke at ''The National Press Club'' as part of a "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Campaign". Using results from the Wichita Clinical Study, he stated: "When we completed the medical workups of people in Wichita to confirm that they had CFS, we found that only half of those with the illness had consulted a physician for the illness. We found that only 16 percent had been diagnosed and treated for CFS...We found that a quarter of the people with CFS are either unemployed or receiving disability...Weβve documented, as have others, that the level of functional impairment in people who suffer from CFS is comparable to multiple sclerosis, AIDS, end-stage renal failure, [or] chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The disability is equivalent to that of some well-known, very severe medical conditions.β<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/media/transcripts/t061103.htm | title = CDC Press Briefing Transcripts November 3, 2006 | last =Master | first=OEC Web|website=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref>
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