Uta Behrends

Prof. Dr. Uta Behrends is a professor for pediatric infectiology and immunobiology at the Kinderklinik Schwabing / Technical University Munich, Germany. Prof. Behrends diagnoses and treats patients aged 0-25 years who are suffering from postinfectious ME/CFS. Her research focuses on the role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). She is chairperson of the first parents' initiative in Germany: "Elterninitiative ME/CFS-kranke Kinder und Jugendliche München e.V.".

Notable studies

 * 2017, "Serological profiling of the EBV immune response in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome using a peptide microarray" (Full Text)

Articles

 * 2019, "Das Chronische Fatigue Syndrom (CFS) bei Kindern und Jugendlichen"
 * 2019, "Chronisches Fatigue Syndrom/CFS – Praktische Empfehlungen zur Diagnostik und Therapie"

Talks and interviews

 * June 2019, "Munich Register for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Postinfectious CFS" at the ME/CFS-Forum in Hamburg

Videos

 * May 2019, 3sat: "Kampf gegen die chronische Erschöpfung"

Online presence

 * Prof. Behrends at Technical University Munich
 * Elterninitiative ME/CFS-kranke Kinder und Jugendliche München e.V.