HHV-6 New York Native Flashback #3
"Cheney also find antibodies to Human B-Lymphotropic Virus (HBLV, or Human Herpes Virus-6) in his [chronic fatigue syndrome] patients.(Cheney has done virologic and serologic studies on patients from his previous practice in Lake Tahoe, Nevada and his current patients in Charlotte, North Carolina; he stated at the conference that they were 'identical.') He has looked at the distribution of antibodies to HHV-6, and has found that [chronic fatigue syndrome] patients lie outside the normal range, both high and low. Those who have high levels of antibodies display symptoms that resemble mononucleosis, those with low levels have symptoms similar to multiple sclerosis. Cheney commented that if these symptoms do progress to clinical multiple sclerosis, it will take ten years to demonstrate that progression conclusively." -- Neenyah Ostrom, New York Native , November 14, 1988 ...