Open AccessPreexisting Psychological Stress Predicts Acute and Chronic Fatigue and Arthritis following Symptomatic Parvovirus B19 Infection
Author(s) -
Jonathan R. Kerr,
Derek L. Mattey
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/533471
Subject(s) - medicine , parvovirus , arthritis , psychological stress , immunology , physical therapy , clinical psychology , virus
Psychological stress is thought to be an important factor in the pathogenesis of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME). Therefore, we sought to examine this relationship in the context of parvovirus B19 infection.
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