An unbiased metagenomic search for infectious agents using monozygotic twins discordant for chronic fatigue

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chronic fatigue syndrome is an idiopathic syndrome widely suspected of having an infectious or immune etiology. We applied an unbiased metagenomic approach to try to identify known or novel infectious agents in the serum of 45 cases...

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Main Authors: Jacks Andreas, Persson Bengt, Goh Shan, Lysholm Fredrik, Allander Tobias, Sullivan Patrick F, Evengård Birgitta, Pedersen Nancy L, Andersson Björn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/11/2