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From MEpedia, a crowd-sourced encyclopedia of ME and CFS science and history
In 1984, there was an outbreak of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) (then thought to be Chronic Epstein-Barr virus) at Incline Village, Nevada, United States. An estimated 160 residents of Incline Village became ill in the winter of 1985. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) was the name coined by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in response to an outbreak of "chronic flu-like illness" at Incline Village. (more...)
