[Seizethecarp]

CFS patients have been told not to give blood because the newly discovered human retrovirus called XMRV (only the third human retrovirus) may cause CFS and may be spread through transfusion.

See the following links for more information:

American Association of Blood Banks (AABB):

http://www.aabb.org/pressroom/Pages/cfsrecommendation.aspx

CFIDS XMRV page:

http://www.cfids.org/xmrv/default.asp

Phoenix Rising XMRV Buzz:

http://www.aboutmecfs.org/Rsrch/XMRVBuzz.aspx

[jazminerose]

I’ve been reading that it also causes fibromyalgia?