Abbreviations

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• AfME (Action for ME (a UK charity)
• BPAC (Blood Products Advisory Committee)
• CAA (CFIDS Association of America)
• CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
• CCC (Canadian Consensus Criteria)
• CCD (Canadian Consensus Definition)
• CDC (US) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• CFIDS (Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome)
• CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)
• CFS SEP (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Special Emphasis Panel, USA)
• CFSAC (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee, USA)
• CMV (Cytomegalovirus)
• Cpn (Chlamydia Pneumoniae)
• CROI (Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections)
• CSR (Center for Scientific Review, USA)
• EBV (Epstein-Barr Virus)
• EFA (Essential Fatty Acids)
• EI (Environmental Illness)
• ERV (Endogenous retrovirus)
• ETA (edited to add)
• FDA (Food and Drug Administration, USA)
• FeLV (Feline Leukemia Virus)
• FM (Fibromyalgia)
• GET (Graded Exercise Therapy)
• GcMAF (Glucose Macrophage Activating Factor)
• GP (General Practitioner)
• GWI (Gulf War Illness)
• H2S (Hydrogen Sulfide)
• HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy)
• HCT (Hematocrit)
• HERX (herxheimer reaction)
• HERV (Human endogenous retrovirus)
• HGRAD (Human Gamma Retrovirus Associated Disease)
• HGRV (Human Gamma Retro Virus)
• HHS (Health and Human Services (U.S. Department of...)
• HHV-6 (Human Herpes Virus 6)
• HRV (Heart Rate Variability)
• IBS (Irritable bowel syndrome)
• ID (Infectious Diseases)
• IgG (Immunoglobulin G)
• IGM (Immunoglobulin M)
• IiME (Invest in ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis)
• IRIS (Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
• LDN (Low Dose Naltrexone)
• LLMD (Lyme Literate Medical Doctor)
• LP (Lightning Process)
• MCS (Multi-Chemical Sensitivity)
• MEA (ME Association (a UK charity)
• ME (Myalgic encephalomyelitis or Myalgic Encephalopathy)
• MLV (Murine Leukemia Virus)
• NIMR (National Institute for Medical Research, MRC)
• MRC (Medical Research Council)
• MSM (Methylsulfonylmethane)
• NEID (Neuroendocrineimmune Disorders)
• NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• NIH (National Institute of Health, USA)
• NKC (Natural Killer Cells)
• NO (Nitric Oxide)
• NP (Nurse Practitioner)
• NT (Neural Therapy)
• OI (Orthostatic Intolerance)
• PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)
• PCP (Primary Care Physician)
• PEM (Post-exertional Malaise)
• POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome)
• pMLV (polytropic Murine Leukemia Virus)
• PR (Phoenix Rising)
• PWC (People with CFS)
• RAL (Raltegravir)
• RLS (Restless Leg Syndrome)
• Th17 (T helper 17 (Th17) cells)
• TMI (too much information)
• WHO (World Health Organization)
• WPI (Whittemore Peterson Institute)
• XAND (X-associated neuro-immune disease)
• XMRV (Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus)