What Long COVID investigators can learn from four decades of ME/CFS research.
Jason, Leonard A, Natelson, Benjamin H, Bonilla, Hector et al.·Brain behavior and immunity integrative·2023
This article reviews 40 years of research on ME/CFS to provide guidance for scientists studying Long COVID. The authors explain how ME/CFS researchers have developed reliable ways to diagnose the illness, define symptoms, and measure severity—lessons that can help Long COVID researchers do the same. By learning from ME/CFS experience, Long COVID researchers may be able to diagnose patients earlier, understand what causes the illness, and find treatments that actually work.