Open AccessRisks for Developing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in College Students Following Infectious Mononucleosis: A Prospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Leonard A. Jason,
Joseph Cotler,
Mohammed Islam,
Madison Sunnquist,
Ben Z. Katz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciaa1886
Subject(s) - chronic fatigue syndrome , medicine , asymptomatic , mononucleosis , anxiety , cohort , encephalomyelitis , depression (economics) , prospective cohort study , coping (psychology) , physical therapy , pediatrics , psychiatry , immunology , multiple sclerosis , virus , economics , macroeconomics
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) involves severe fatigue, unrefreshing sleep, and cognitive impairment, leading to functional difficulties; prior studies have not evaluated risk factors with behavioral and immune data collected before developing ME/CFS. Up to 5% of university students develop infectious mononucleosis (IM) annually, and 9-12% meet criteria for ME/CFS 6 months later. We sought to determine predictors of ME/CFS.