1980: The epidemiological year that connects AIDS and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

"His first connection to what he calls “fatigue syndromes” was as a post-doc in Oregon in 1980, when his boss was asked to help figure out the cause of a patient’s fatigue, suspected to be a mitochondrial dysfunction."

https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2017/06/10/seahorse-mecfs-alabama-energy-researcher-got-involved-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/