Mosquitos and the West Nile Virus Version 3.0

Madeline Drexler does a fascinating piece of work in her book, Secret Agents, on the outbreak of the West Nile Virus in New York in 1999 where it tooks weeks to find out what virus was killing birds and people. Finally, on 22 September 1999, a CDC scientist loaded samples of the virus genome into a machine that automatically sequenced the DNA strands. The next morning, he submitted strings of genetic code over the internet to the National Library of Medicine GenBank and got a hit on the West Nile Virus.

Frequencies of pathogens are related to DNA. It is a lot faster and easier to determine a frequency sequence and then search gigabytes of data in the Frequency Research Foundation database than it is to spend weeks trying to culture a virus. A pathogen can often be identified within a few minutes.

After returning from long European trip in June 2016, I woke up at night with a pain in my chest. Testing for frequencies, then scanning the database, showed I was infected with the West Nile Virus. I then tested my dog who was sleeping with me and he had obviously picked up the virus in the Massachusetts woods while I was away.

Frequencies for several strains of West Nile Virus needed to be run to clear up the dog and me. All strains with their latest updates are posted on the Frequency Foundation subscribers site.

In addition, frequencies were transmitted to eliminate mosquitos from the woods where he stayed while I was gone using the Frequency Foundation mosquito service which requires only a small fee per month.

Mosquitos transmit many pathogens that have been found in my area:

Lyme disease
Zika virus
West Nile Virus
etc.

A few years ago my wife picked up a shingles infection from a mosquito bite on a houseboat in Amsterdam. I was bitten by many malaria infested mosquitos in India earlier this year. Getting rid of the mosquitos is a lot less painful than dealing with the infections.

Our research shows that every mosquito species transmits a signature pathogen into the human body and targeting that organism in the mosquito causes the mosquito to die. Our database has frequencies for hundreds of species of mosquitos, ticks, and flies gathered over the last decade with the help of many clients and fellow researchers.

Apparently, once you are infected with a mosquito’s signature pathogen it stays there for life unless removed with frequencies. Then you become a tender morsel for mosquitos with that frequency sequence. This explains why mosquitos love specific individuals.

USGS CDC West Nile Virus 8 Aug 2014

While there is only animal West Nile Virus activity reported in Massachusetts, a client picked up a strain in Whole Foods in 2014 so there are unreported human cases. West Nile is a nasty virus so it is good to have updated frequencies on hand.

Mosquito’s transmitting West Nile Virus can be found all over the United States. This virus has been part of the lyme series since 2005 and was an important component of the swine flu which distributed it everywhere.

According to the Mayo Clinic, humans can become infected with West Nile after being bitten by an infected mosquito. Mosquitoes contract the virus when they feed on infected birds. While there have been no reported human cases yet, officials recommend taking the necessary precautions to prevent the virus – such as using insect repellent outdoors, especially from dusk until dawn, and wearing long pants and long sleeved shirts.

People should also make sure their door and window screens are not broken, health officials said; and to stop mosquitoes from breeding, they should empty any standing water that might have collected in garden pots, pools or trash.

Frequency Research Foundation Mosquito Research Program

For the past decade fellow researchers have worked with the Frequency Research Foundation to identify frequencies that will make over 150 species of mosquitos go away, including those mosquitos carrying the West Nile Virus.

Specific areas can be targeted for a small monthly fee. Contact [email protected]

Previous West Nile Virus Experience

A client fell down three times in one week incurring some serious scrapes and brushes. Photoanalysis showed she had mosquito frequencies. The specific species of mosquito was targeted for removal of material injected by the mosquito and removal of the mosquito species from the area around her home.

A hadoscan showed low energy spots in her body from the mosquito frequencies and particularly along her spine. West Nile Virus can become a neurological infection which would explain the falling episodes.

Following application of the mosquito frequencies, an unidentified virus in the Lyme program set was discovered. Suspecting that this might be West Nile Virus, an electron microscope photo of the virus was analysed. An exact match was confirmed.

Another client thought he was dying. Application of these frequencies for 12 hours brought him back to normal.

GcMAF and Nagalase

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Always run Nagalase frequencies for viruses and cancer. Nagalase is directly proportional to tumor burden in cancer patients. Physicians recommend 10,000 units of Vitamin D a day to promote effects of GcMAF.
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Nagalase in Blood
Test for monitoring efficacy of therapy for cancer and certain viral infections

Nagalase in serum / plasma

The test measures the activity of an enzyme α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase (nagalase) in blood.

Nagalase is an extracellular matrix-degrading enzyme that is secreted by cancerous cells in the process of tumor invasion. It is also an intrinsic component of the envelope protein of various virions, such as HIV and the influenza virus. Thus, it is also secreted from virus-infected cells^1,3,4.

Nagalase deglycosylates the vitamin D3-binding protein DBP (also known as Gc-protein). Gc-protein, which contains three sugars, is the precursor for the major macrophage-activating factor (MAF). By complete deglycosylation, Gc-protein can no longer be converted to MAF.

Normally, MAF is produced from the Gc-protein by sequential removal of the galactose and sialic acid without touching the remaining sugar N-acetylgalactosamine.

Macrophage activation for phagocytosis and antigen presentation is the first step in the immune development cascade. Lost precursor activity, therefore, leads to immune suppression.

Increased nagalase activity has been detected in the blood of patients with a wide variety of cancers like cancer of the prostate, breast, colon, lung, esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, kidney, bladder, testis, uterus, and ovary, mesothelioma, melanoma, fibrosarcoma, glioblastoma, neuroblastoma, and various leukemias^1,3,4. For various types of tumors, various levels of nagalase activity were found⁷. It appears that the secretory capacity of individual tumor tissue varies among tumor types depending upon tumor size, staging, and the degree of malignancy or invasiveness⁷. Increased nagalase activity has not been detected in the blood of healthy individuals¹.

Nagalase activity is directly proportional to viable tumor burden^1,2. Studies correlating nagalase levels with tumor burden suggest that the measurement of this enzyme can diagnose the presence of cancerous lesions below levels detectable by other diagnostic means¹. In research studies, nagalase activity decreased to near tumor-free control levels one day after surgical removal of primary tumors from cancer patients, suggesting that the half-life of nagalase is less than 24 hours^1,6. The short half-life of nagalase is valuable for prognosis of the disease during various therapies^1,5. See HDRI …

Here is a frequency set which could be the most useful set in your arsenal. Tim Smith, M.D. reports:

How GcMAF works: GcMAF is the protein that activates macrophages and jump-starts the entire immune response. To sabotage the immune system and put the macrophages to sleep, all cancers and viruses make Nagalese, the enzyme that blocks production of GcMAF. In the absence of GcMAF, cancers, HIV, and other viruses can grow unimpeded. Dr. Nobuto Yamamoto demonstrated that GcMAF administration bypasses the Nagalese blockage and re-activates the macrophages, which then proceed to kill the cancer cells and HIV viruses.

All substances can be disrupted by frequencies. We don’t need GcMAF to bypass Nagalese. We can just eliminate the Nagalese. Running the program below yields a dramatic increase in immune response.

You will need to run the frequencies for several hours initially. Running them too much will start to make your energy low. The increase in immune function will cause your macrophages to attack cancer cells, viruses, and perhaps biofilms and other organisms. The immune response may make you feel worse in the short term. Better Health Guy gives a good rundown on his experience with this.

Appropriate candidates for GcMAF treatment include:

Cancer
Autoimmune diseases
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
Hepatitis B virus (HBV)
Herpes Simplex virus (HSV)
Cystitis
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)
Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Urinary tract infection (UTI)
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
Endometriosis
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis)
IgA deficiency disorder
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)
Mycobacteria infections
Parkinson’s disease
Tuberculosis
Fibromyalgia
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Lupus (Systemic lupus erythematosus, SLE)
HIV AIDS
Dengue fever
Pneumonia infection
Warts caused by viral infection
Norovirus
Malaria Influenza virus (flu)
Herpes simplex virus (HSV)
Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
Chicken pox (varicella zoster virus)
Psoriasis
Respiratory tract infections
Ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease
Type 1 diabetes (T1DM), insulin-dependent diabetes (IDDM)
Type 1.5 diabetes, Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA)

Learn more:

http://www.naturalnews.com/050972_GcMAF_cancer_cells_Bradstreet.html#ixzz3kMO73U00

https://www.naturalnews.com/050582_nagalase_GcMAF_cancer_industry_profits.html#

http://www.drgregorysmith.com/sermon/july-16th-2016-gcmaf-nagalese-and-60-holistic-doctors-dead-in-6-months-a-conversation-with-erin-elizabeth-on-truth-medicine-and-politics/

Frequencies are available for subscribers.

Zika Virus Version 1.0 – Six Strains

CDC photo of Zika virus

Several strains of the Zika virus have been in the Frequency Research Foundation database for years. However, a couple of new strains are virulent and can cause neurological symptoms and fatigue for an extended period of weeks or months until the virus is eradicated.Frequencies sets for half a dozen strains have been sequenced for the Zika virus, including two of the new strains identified circulating in the United States. Subscribers will find them on the subscribers site.

Reuters – 25 Jan 2016

The virus was first found in a monkey in the Zika forest near Lake Victoria, Uganda, in 1947, and has historically occurred in parts of Africa, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. But there is little scientific data on it and it is unclear why it might be causing microcephaly in Brazil.

Laura Rodrigues of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine said it was possible the disease could be evolving. If the epidemic was still going on in August, when Brazil is due to host the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, then pregnant women should either stay away or be obsessive about covering up against mosquito bites, she said. The WHO advised pregnant women planning to travel to areas where Zika is circulating to consult a healthcare provider before traveling and on return.

The clinical symptoms of Zika are usually mild and often similar to dengue, a fever which is transmitted by the same Aedes aegypti mosquito, leading to fears that Zika will spread into all parts of the world where dengue is commonplace. More than one-third of the world’s population lives in areas at risk of dengue infection, in a band stretching through Africa, India, Southeast Asia and Latin America.

Zika’s rapid spread, to 21 countries and territories in the Americas since May 2015, is due to the prevalence of Aedes aegypti and a lack of immunity among the population, the WHO said in a statement.

Natural News:

“The Zika virus outbreak currently gripping the Americas could have been sparked by the release of genetically modified mosquitoes in 2012,” reports The Mirror. “The insects were engineered by biotechnology experts to combat the spread of dengue fever and other diseases and released into the general population of Brazil in 2012… The Aedes aegypti mosquito sub-species that carries both the Zika virus and dengue was the type targeted with genetically modified mosquitoes.”

But something went horribly wrong.

As pointed out in this fantastic article by AntiMedia.org, the genetic engineers running this massive open-air experiment with mosquitoes and humans failed to consider the impact of antibiotics in the environment caused by their heavy use in agricultural (animal feed) operations.

As AntiMedia reports:

Only the male modified Aedes mosquitoes are supposed to be released into the wild — as they will mate with their unaltered female counterparts. Once offspring are produced, the modified, scientific facet is supposed to ‘kick in’ and kill that larvae before it reaches breeding age — if tetracycline is not present during its development…

According to an unclassified document from the Trade and Agriculture Directorate Committee for Agriculture dated February 2015, Brazil is the third largest in “global antimicrobial consumption in food animal production” — meaning, Brazil is third in the world for its use of tetracycline in its food animals. As a study by the American Society of Agronomy, et. al., explained, “It is estimated that approximately 75% of antibiotics are not absorbed by animals and are excreted in waste.” One of the antibiotics (or antimicrobials) specifically named in that report for its environmental persistence is tetracycline.

The presence of antibiotics causes the mosquitoes that are supposed to die off to survive and reproduce. These same genetically engineered mosquitoes may then bite humans, injecting them with the Zika virus that’s now causing horrific mutations in head and brain formation in children.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/052824_Zika_virus_genetically_engineered_mosquitoes_unintended_consequences.html#ixzz3yx5ltmjb

CHLOROVIRUS ATCV-1 – Hidden Virus Makes Us Dumber

PEOPLE WITH CHLOROVIRUS ATCV-1 SCORE LOWER ON COGNITIVE TESTS

(NEWSER) – US researchers have come across a virus that may make us stupider—and it’s turning up in the throats of otherwise-healthy people, the Independent reports. Some 43% of 92 people in a study were found to have the virus. Those affected scored about 10% lower on tests involving visual processing, Science reports; for instance, it took them comparatively longer to draw a line through a numerical sequence on a page. Their attention spans also appeared to be shorter. “There’s more and more studies showing that microorganisms in your body have a bigger influence than anything anyone would have predicted, and this could be something along those lines,” says a researcher.

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Frequencies for this virus are available for subscribers. If you have this virus, the frequencies will generate a noticeable improvement in vision and mental acuity.

Ebola Virus Frequencies Version 2.5

Ebola virus disease (EVD) or Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) is the name for the human disease which may be caused by any of four of the five known ebola viruses. These four viruses are: Bundibugyo virus (BDBV), Ebola virus (EBOV), Sudan virus(SUDV), and Taï Forest virus (TAFV, formerly and more commonly Côte d’Ivoire Ebola virus (Ivory Coast Ebolavirus, CIEBOV)). EVD is a viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF), and is clinically nearly indistinguishable from Marburg virus disease (MVD).

The name comes from Ebola River in Republic of the Congo, where it was first found. (Wikipedia)

For details on the current epidemic see the New England Journal of Medicine.

The Columbia Flu Predictor is now tracking Ebola. Data below show incidence and mortality from Sierra Leone. The mortality rate has dropped below 50% but the curves are still trending up.

Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby writes, “Healthy well-fed victims of Ebola who died: zero. Undernourished, already-sick victims of Ebola who died: 2,461 to date. Serious fatality: the truth. Note that the rough figures released last week put total cases at around 6,500 and deaths at 2,200, that means it’s only about 30% fatal and NOT 90% as the US media keep screaming in their scare frenzy. Four healthy, well-fed Americans have contracted Ebola and survived comfortably. As I told you a couple of weeks ago, the supposed savage image of this infection had more to do with the terrain it’s in, meaning among peoples who are shocked, overloaded with toxins, under-nourished and weary from decades of internecine wars. But the manufacture of hysteria continues.”

The new Frequency Research Foundation update available to frequency subscribers includes new ebola virus strains, including a virulent strain seen in Africa, as well as updates to previously published frequencies. Several U.S. infections have been eliminated with these frequencies and a clear pattern has emerged in Hadoscan runs for those with more serious infections.

This frequency set is now being transmitted by parasites like the flu. Mild cases will be asymptomatic or cause general malaise for about a week. More serious cases will put you in bed.

A while back a subscriber asked me to pull together ebola virus frequencies, all of which were embedded in the lyme frequencies. The good news for lyme sufferers is that you have some immunity to almost all the nasty viruses in the world including several strains of ebola virus. The bad news is that if you don’t eliminate them with frequencies they will be circulating in your system for a lifetime.

The ebola viruses sometimes travel with the swine flu which is also a lyme based disease. At least one ebola strain can cause your skin to slough off it you get a bad infection, so it is good to have these frequencies in your emergency toolkit.

Even in the worst case it takes a while to die of the ebola virus and that is long enough to eliminate it with frequencies. What can make it challenging is if the route of infection is a parasite (as is commonly the case). Then you must kill the parasites or they keep reinfecting you (the reason flu is so hard to eliminate). There are two parasite sequences in the current ebola set known to be associated with the ebola virus. There may be more.

Also, viruses come in groups of at least two or three, as a single virus cannot usually overwhelm the immune system. A recent case of ebola infection was associated with rhabdovirus carpia, another virus seen commonly in lyme disease and swine flu infections.

To obtain frequencies become a subscriber using the link on the right side of the page.

San Diego State Finds Virus Associated with Diabetes and Obesity: You Probably Have It in Your Gut!

Frequency Research Foundation subscribers are always on the alert for new findings and pathogen breakouts. This enables rapid development of important frequency sets for publishing worldwide. Here is the most interesting update this weekend. For those working on weight reduction, get rid of this virus immediately!

Researchers find new gut virus that exists in over 50% of humans

Submitted by Tim Mayr on Sun, 07/27/2014 – 03:37

Researchers at San Diego State University have discovered a gut virus that exists in more than half of the world’s population, and plays a key role in the onset of conditions including obesity and diabetes.

The newly discovered gut virus, termed as crAssphage, infects Bacteroidetes, which is a highly common gut bacterium, and is widely prevalent in the environment. It exists in sea water, sediments, soil, as well as the guts of humans and animals.

The researchers stumbled upon crAssphage virus while examining the DNA fecal samples of twelve individuals. They found that a specific cluster of viral DNA that they found in the samples didn’t match any of the already known viruses.

Bioinformatics Proferssor Robert A. Edwards said he and his colleagues were shocked to find that such a widespread virus had gone undetected so far.

Speaking on the topic, Edwards said, “It’s not unusual to go looking for a novel virus and find one. But it’s very unusual to find one that so many people have in common. The fact that it’s flown under the radar for so long is very strange.”

To prove the existence of the new virus in nature, they used the DNA amplification technique, which located the new virus in the original samples to build up the National Institute of Health’s database.

The researchers are now trying to grow the virus in a laboratory, and their next step will be to find out how the virus affects gut bacteria in humans and animals.

Orion Retrovirus – Take Back Your Dreams!

This virus will steal your dreams, particularly when they are combined with flouride in your brain. You will have flouride deposits building up in the pineal gland and elsewhere unless you live in Europe where almost all countries have banned flouridation. Even then you will have to avoid toothpaste and mineral water which indicate flouride contamination on the label.

Multiple researchers observed that with the orion viruses cleared, dreams are vivid and remembered upon awaking. At first this is unsettling. After a while, some researchers were disappointed in their dreams for being unorganized, characters coming and going, upsetting for petty emotional issues and so forth. Their conclusion was that we need to take charge of our dream lives and help them be more focused, more positive, more useful, and more educational. In addition, any time dreams become less vivid or memorable, it is a strong indicator of orion retrovirus reinfection. Conclusion: our dream life is disorganized because we don’t realize what is going on when higher brain function is disabled with these viruses.

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This interesting frequency set was developed based on one of Peter Moon’s books. A source told him the Atlantean civilization was wiped out by an off-world Orion Alliance using biotechnology. Specifically, a retrovirus destroyed Atlantean priests higher brain function causing them to forget how to operate their technology. They made mistakes causing widespread destruction.

Maybe this is true, maybe it is fiction. However, if such a virus existed, it would remain in the brains of all humans, perhaps all mammals. The standard process used for determination of frequencies was applied to the top of the head and the current form of the virus was found along with several strains.

Testing these viral frequencies with fellow researchers caused remarkable effects. Running them focuses primarily the top of the brain, yet these viruses are embedded in the DNA of all our cells. As a result, the frequencies will need to be run for an extended time period repeatedly to remove these viruses.

An expansion and clarity of thinking occur with these frequencies, elevating your IQ and allowing you to better focus and get more done. Constant vivid dreams are often noticed after running them. For some, there are significant herxheimer responses. Residual swine flu organisms flare up, for example. One researcher said removing these viruses felt like an exorcism and was not pleasant at all. Others report only exhilaration and a feeling of being released from prison. The end result, in all cases, was positive.

Running the frequencies will, at a minimum, cause minor symptoms of the common cold. I suspect eliminating these viruses will improve immunity to colds and flu. As always, use these frequencies only for research purposes and at your own risk. Please report any results positive or negative for the benefit of other researchers.

Regular updates of these frequencies are available to Frequency Research Foundation subscribers.

Cancer is Always Associated with Viral and Bacterial Infections

How infection can lead to cancer

New MIT study offers comprehensive look at chemical andgenetic changes that occur as inflammation progressesto cancer.

Anne Trafton, MIT News Office

Endoscopic biopsy showing granulomatous inflammation of the colon in a case of Crohn’s disease.
IMAGE: WIKIPEDIA/NEPHRON

June 11, 2012

One of the biggest risk factors for liver, colon or stomach cancer is chronic inflammation of those organs, often caused by viral or bacterial infections. A new study from MIT
offers the most comprehensive look yet at how such infections provoke tissues into becoming cancerous.

The study, which is appearing in the online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of June 11, tracked a variety of genetic and chemical changes in the livers and colons of mice infected with Helicobacter hepaticus, a bacterium similar to Helicobacter pylori, which causes stomach ulcers and cancer in humans.

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At the Frequency Research Foundation we have always found viruses associated with cancer and recent research on biofilms shows that they are always associated with cancer as well. NIH did DNA sequencing studies on over 600 biofilm species associated with gum disease. Over the last two years we have developed frequency sets for over 400 biofilm species and these frequencies are updated daily and available to Frequency Foundation Subscribers (see Paypal button on right).

Alzheimer’s and Herpes simplex virus

J Pathol. 2009 Jan;217(1):131-8.

Herpes simplex virus type 1 DNA is located within Alzheimer’s disease amyloid plaques.

Wozniak MA, Mee AP, Itzhaki RF.

Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, UK.

Abstract

The brains of Alzheimer’s disease sufferers are characterized by amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. However, the cause(s) of these features and those of the disease are unknown, in sporadic cases. We previously showed that herpes simplex virus type 1 is a strong risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease when in the brains of possessors of the type 4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE-epsilon4), and that beta-amyloid, the main component of plaques, accumulates in herpes simplex virus type 1-infected cell cultures and mouse brain. The present study aimed to elucidate the relationship of the virus to plaques by determining their proximity in human brain sections. We used in situ polymerase chain reaction to detect herpes simplex virus type 1 DNA, and immunohistochemistry or thioflavin S staining to detect amyloid plaques. We discovered a striking localization of herpes simplex virus type 1 DNA within plaques: in Alzheimer’s disease brains, 90% of the plaques contained the viral DNA and 72% of the DNA was associated with plaques; in aged normal brains, which contain amyloid plaques at a lower frequency, 80% of plaques contained herpes simplex virus type 1 DNA but only 24% of the viral DNA was plaque-associated (p < 0.001). We suggest that this is because in aged normal individuals, there is a lesser production and/or greater removal of beta-amyloid (Abeta), so that less of the viral DNA is seen to be associated with Abeta in the brain. Our present data, together with our finding of Abeta accumulation in herpes simplex virus type 1-infected cells and mouse brain, suggest that this virus is a major cause of amyloid plaques and hence probably a significant aetiological factor in Alzheimer’s disease. They point to the usage of antiviral agents to treat the disease and possibly of vaccination to prevent it.

Frequencies are available on subscriber’s blog.

XMRV Virus Causes Chronic Disease Syndrome

Dr. Schimpff, former CEO of the University of Colorado Medical Center, has an interesting book on the future of medicine. He and I were coinvestigators on an Operation Room of the Future grant designed to upgrade information technology in the new surgery center the University opened a few years ago.

He also has a good blog with a recent posting on the XMRV virus. Frequency Foundation subscribers have already received the frequency set as part of the Swine Flu series. Most of you don’t realize that XMRV is one of the many viruses that are part of what is called “Swine Flu” as conventional medicine has a tough time even confirming that you have the 1918 swine flu virus and doesn’t determine what other organisms are making you sick. After you get the swine flu you will likely be chronically infected with XMRV unless the virus is eliminated with frequencies.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Shown to be Caused by Virus

A very recent discovery may lead to significant advances for the estimated 4 million Americans and 17 million worldwide who suffer with chronic fatigue syndrome. CSF is, like its name suggests, a persistent extreme level of fatigue that does not resolve with rest or sleep. It may also be accompanied by memory lapses and other neurological issues. All too many individuals have been branded as having a “psychological problem” and as not really being ill. No cause had been known although viral infection, immune dysfunction or both had been thought possible. There has been no specific treatment.

Now researchers at the Whittemore Peterson Research Institute in Reno, Nevada have shown that CFS is likely caused by a virus. Known as xenotrophic murine leukemia virus – related virus, or XMVR, it is a retrovirus that is suspected of being transmitted by intimate human contact. The discovery means that a definite diagnostic rest can be created. And hopefully it means that scientists will be able to shortly find or create drugs to both prevent the disease and to treat those who have it. It also means that no loner will these patients be labeled as not having a real medical problem.

The researchers’ early studies suggest that perhaps 4% of us carry the virus. If proven correct, then an immediate goal is for a quick and inexpensive test to screen donated blood so that the virus is not transmitted inadvertently via transfusions. And it raises the intriguing question of why some but not all of those infected go on to develop CSF.

In study done at the Cleveland Clinic, scientists have found the same XMRV virus in prostate cancer samples. It is too soon to say that the virus is causative; if might be just a “passenger.” Additional research will be done to make a clear determination.

Meanwhile, the Whittemore Peterson researchers have suggested a new name – x-associated neuroimmune disease [XAND], a name that clarifies that this is a real disease and suggests some of its implications.

This finding of XMRV as the likely cause of CFS is a major medical advance.

Stephen C. Schimpff, M.D.