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Diagnosis and integrative treatment of intracellular bacterial infections in chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia syndromes, gulf war illness, rheumatoid arthritis and other chronic illnesses.
Nicolson, G. L., Nasralla, M. Y. , Franco, R, A., Nicolson, N. L., Erwin, R., Ngwenya, R. &, and Berns, P.A. Clinical Practice of Alternative Medicine
(2000), 1(2): 92-102
http://www.immed.org/publications/fatigue_illness/CPAM-GLNeta3-18-00.html

Mycoplasma's: The missing link in fatiguing illnesses
Guthrie, M. ImmuneSupport.com
http://www.immunesupport.com/library/showarticle.cfm?ID=3066

Review: Immunology of chronic fatigue syndrome
Patarca, R., Mark, T., Fletcher, M. A. & Klimas, N. (2000) Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 6(3/4): 69-107.
http://www.immed.org/publications/fatigue_illness/JCFSPatarcaCFSImmunol-RTF.htm

Bacterial and viral co-infections in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) patients
Nicolson, G. L., Nasralla, M. Y., De Meirleir, K. & Haier, J. (2002) Proceeds of Clinical & Scientific Conference on Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, the Practitioners Challenge, Alison Hunter Foundation, Sydney, Australia.
http://www.immed.org/publications/fatigue_illness/4Netalco-MycoAust02.2.1.html

High prevalence of mycoplasma infections among european chronic
fatigue syndrome patients.
Nijs, J., Nicolson, G. L., De Becker, P., Coomans, D. & De Meirleir, K. (2002) FEMS Immunological Medical Microbiology, 34:209-214
http://www.immed.org/publications/fatigue_illness/Nijsetal_FEMS_02_11_25.html

Evidence for bacterial (mycoplasma, chlamydia) and viral (HHV-6) co-infections in chronic fatigue syndrome patients
Nicolson, G. L., Nasralla, M. Y., De Meirleir, K., Gan, R. & Haier, J. (2003)
Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 11(2):7-20.
http://www.immed.org/publications/fatigue_illness/Netalco-MycoJCFSss2.4.15rtf.html

Immunophenotyping predictive of mycoplasma infection in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
Nijs, J., Coomans, D., Nicolson, G. L., De Becker, P., Demanet, C. &
De Meirleir, K. (2003) Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 11(2): 51-70.
http://www.immed.org/publications/fatigue_illness/Nijs_ImmunoMycoJCFS.html

Multiple co-infections (mycoplasma, chlamydia, human herpes virus-6) in blood of chronic fatigue syndrome patients: association with signs and symptoms.
Nicolson, G. L., Gan, R. & Haier, J. (2003) Acta Patholical Microbiology and Immunology of Scandinavia (APMIS), 111, 557-566.
http://www.immed.org/publications/cancer_cell_biology/NicolsonAPMIS419.PDF

Deregulation of the 2.5A synthetase RNase L antiviral pathway by mycoplasma spp. in subsets of chronic fatigue syndrome
Nijs, J., De Meirleir, K., Coomans, D., De Becker, P. & Nicolson, G. L. (2003) Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 11(2):37-50.
http://www.immed.org/publications/fatigue_illness/RNaseL_Myco_JCFS2003MS.html

Evidence for brucella spp. and mycoplasma spp. co-infections in blood of chronic fatigue syndrome patients
Nicolson, G. L., Gan, R., & Haier, J. (2005) Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 12 (2), 5-17.
http://www.immed.org/publications/fatigue_illness/2005_co-infections.html

Role of mycoplasmal infections in fatigue illnesses: Chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia syndromes, gulf war illness and rheumatoid arthritis
Nicolson, G. L., Nasralla, M. Y., Franco, A. R., De Meirleir, K., Nicolson, N.L., Ngwenya, R. & Haier, J. (2000) Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,
6(3/4), 23-39.
http://www.immed.org/publications/fatigue_illness/JCFS99108t.html