Detection of enterovirus‐specific RNA in serum: The relationship to chronic fatigue

88 patients with chronic fatigue, 82 acutely ill individuals with symptoms consistent with presumed enteroviral infection (matched by age, sex, and date of receipt of specimen), and 126 healthy individuals (matched by age and date of receipt of specimen).

Nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay targeting the 5' nontranslated region of the enteroviral genome to detect enterovirus-specific RNA in serum.

Acutely ill individuals with presumed enteroviral infection and healthy individuals.

Detection of enteroviral specific sequences in serum.surrogate