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Publications: Cluster Investigations

This section contains reviews and abstracts of articles covering chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) cluster investigations.

• A chronic multisymptom illness affecting Air Force veterans of the Persian Gulf War. JAMA 1998;280:981-988.
• An epidemiologic study of fatigue with relevance for the chronic fatigue syndrome. Journal of Psychiatric Research 1997;31:19-29.
• Fatiguing illness among employees in three large state office buildings, California 1993: was there an outbreak? Journal of Psychiatric Research 1997;31:31-43
• Unexplained illness among Persian Gulf war veterans in an Air National Guard unit: Preliminary report, August 1990-March 1995. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 1995;44:443-447.
• A cluster of patients with a chronic mononucleosis-like syndrome. JAMA 1987;257:2297-2302.

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