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. 1984 Jan;34(258):15-16, 18-19.

Coxsackie B infection in a Scottish general practice

B D Calder, P J Warnock
PMCID: PMC1959663  PMID: 6319691

Abstract

The authors describe 38 cases of protracted illness, characterized by varied multisystem symptomatology. Significant antibody titres to Coxsackie B viruses, suggesting recent infection, were found in these 38 patients (47 per cent of 81 cases investigated). The syndrome has many of the features of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), a condition which has frequently been found in closely clustered epidemics but seldom in sporadic or endemic form. The reported cases emerged over a four-year period and fresh cases continue to appear.

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