Santa Rasa

Santa Rasa, MD, PhD, is a leading researcher at Augusts Kirchenstein Institute of Microbiology and Virology, Rīga Stradiņš University, Latvia. Dr Rasa is currenting studying the association between beta-herpesviruses (Human herpesvirus 6A, HHV-6]B, [[HHV-7) and parvovirus B19 infection with development of fibromyalgia and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.

EUROMENE
Dr. Rasa is a substitute member of the Biomarkers Working Group of ME/CFS across Europe on behalf of EUROMENE, a European Union COST Action CA15111 not-for-profit research organization committed to tackling the cause and treatment for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Thesis

 * 2017, Association of persistent viral infections with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Her Scientific supervisor was Modra Murovska. (Summary)

Notable studies

 * 2012, Association of active human herpesvirus-6, -7 and parvovirus B19 infection with clinical outcomes in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
 * 2014, No evidence of XMRV provirus sequences in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and individuals with unspecified encephalopathy (Full text)
 * 2014, Assessment of Value of Fatigue Severity and Symptoms in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia (Full text)
 * 2016, Occurrence, phase and status of human parvovirus B19 infection in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (Abstract)
 * 2018, Chronic viral infections in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) (Full text)

Online presence

 * PubMed
 * ResearchGate
 * LinkedIn