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== Background == === Under the guidance of De Meirleir: a biomedical approach === After graduating in rehabilitations sciences, Nijs started working as a physiotherapist in private practice where he came into contact with [[ME/CFS]] patients. He was intruiged by their condition and decided to do a PhD about it.<ref name="interview">{{Cite web | title = ME/CVS Stichting. Interview met Prof. Dr. Jo Nijs | website = Pain in Motion | url =http://www.paininmotion.be/MEdium3pag16-19.pdf}}</ref> At the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Nijs started working under the guidance of Dr. [[Kenny De Meirleir]], who is known for his biomedical approach to the illness.<ref name="DeMeirleirBook">{{Cite book | title = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Biological Approach | date = 2002-02-27|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4200-4100-2|language=en | url =https://books.google.be/books?id=amvdOprZZpEC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=Kenny%20de%20meirleir%20a%20biological%20approach&f=false | last = Englebienne | first = Patrick | last2 = Meirleir | first2 = Kenny De | authorlink2 = Kenny De Meirleir}}</ref> In the mid-2000s [[Kenny De Meirleir|De Meirleir]] and Nijs published a number of studies together regarding the [[infection|infectious]] and immunologic aspects of [[ME/CFS]], including mycoplasma infection<ref name="Nijs, 2002" /> and defects in the 2.5A Synthetase [[Ribonuclease L|RNase L]] antiviral pathway.<ref name="Nijs, De Meirleir, et al, 2003" />
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