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the Forums.  MLVs and a sudden onset of CFS  Discussion in 'XMRV
Testing, Treatment and Transmission' started by guest, Sep 23,
2010.    1. guest      guest Guest      Hi all,      after
thinking a little bit about MLVs and CFS I wonder myself the
following:      1) Many of us had a sudden onset     2) The low
replication rates of MLVs as well as the course of HIV infection
(retrovirus that slowly progresses to AIDS) give reason to the
thought that MLV may not cause a sudden onset. I may be wrong of
course.     3) For me it seems possible that like in HIV the
MLVs render the immune system dysfunctional over time. The virus
replicates itself over time and causes more and more damage that
may lead to first symptoms but not a sudden onset.     4) At a
certain point of time the infected people get struck down by Co-
infections like EBV, HHV-6 etc. and interpret this as their
beginning of the illness because this was the first time they
had symptoms whi