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Article: Theory links chronic fatigue syndrome to AIDS. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- May 13, 1994
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If the description of chronic fatigue syndrome makes you think of AIDS, you are not alone.
Neenyah Ostrom, health reporter and managing editor of New York Native, an alternative newspaper geared to gay men, has written ``America's Biggest Cover-Up: 50 More Things Everyone Should Know About the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Its Link to AIDS'' (TNM Inc., $14.95).
Her controversial theory is that chronic fatigue syndrome is part of the AIDS epidemic.
The culprit, she says, is human herpes virus 6 (HHV-6), found both in people who have chronic fatigue and those who have AIDS. Its significance, she says, is the ability of that virus to invade and destroy natural killer ...