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=== Post-infectious Fatigue Syndrome === The [[Oxford criteria]] has a [[Post-infectious Fatigue Syndrome|post-infectious fatigue syndrome]] (PIFS) as one of its definitions.<ref name="Oxfordcriteria">{{Cite journal|url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1293107/| title = A report - chronic fatigue syndrome: guidelines for research|journal=Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine|volume=84 | date = Feb 1991|pages=118-121|pmc = 1293107 | author-link = Michael Sharpe | first1 = Michael | last1 = Sharpe | first2 = Len | last2 = Archard | authorlink2 = Len Archard | first3 = Jangu | last3 = Banatvala | authorlink3 = | first4 = Leszek | last4 = Borysiewicz | authorlink4 = | first5 = Anthony| last5 = Clare | authorlink5 = Anthony Clare | first6 = Anthony | last6 = David | authorlink6 = Anthony David | first7 = Richard | last7 = Edwards | authorlink7 = | first8 = Keith | last8 = Hawton | first9 = Harold | last9 = Lambert | first10 = Russell | last10 = Lane}}</ref> ''The Argus Report'' article ''US NIH Report Calls for UK Definition of ME/CFS to be Scrapped'' states: "The [[NIH]] has issued a draft report that highlights the dire need for scientific research that will help find a cure for the millions of people suffering from [[ME/CFS|myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)]] worldwide. The report also highlights the fact that the decades-old UK Royal Society of Medicine’s [[Oxford criteria]] for ME/CFS are severely “flawed,” and that continuing to use these criteria may “cause harm.” Further, the [[National Institutes of Health|NIH]] report says that the Royal Society definition should “be retired” and replaced with a single case definition agreed to by the ME/CFS community."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theargusreport.com/us-nih-report-calls-uk-definition-mecfs-scrapped/ | title = US NIH Report Calls for UK Definition of ME/CFS to be Scrapped | last = Swift | first=Penny | date = |website=theargusreport.com|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2018-08-24}}</ref><ref name="seid" />
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