CFS and autism

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I received this through another group I'm on and thought it would be of interest

to some. Sorry for all the cross-postings.--, mom to This is a message

from Kathy Blanco (She is a Mom to 2 children with autism as well as VP of the

Lyme-Induced Autism Foundation and has many other accomplishments under her

belt)....

Fwd with permission & this message may be forwarded to other groups:

Hi

I reached out to a president of a lab that is testing for the newly

Found XMRV virus which is being found ninety eight percent of the time

In CFS. They have had small samplings in autistic children, also

Testing positive. I contacted him to see if I couldn't get him to

Realize, that maybe this virus is passed down to baby. I have CFS and

Two with autism. Atypical MS is also involved in this virus. If you

Have these two situations, CFS and Autism in your children, please

Contact me?

So, he offered to study the results of anyone with CFS who has a child

With autism. All would be free. I would love if you can reach out to

Your lists, and facebook accounts, and let them know that they can test

For this virus for free, for a study we are putting together. He was

Quite interested in the fact that this could be vectored in lyme ticks.

The virus is a mouse leukemia virus, which acts as an immune depresser

Much like HIV, but non fatal persistent and slow. Many who have lyme

Often have fatiguing illnesses. He will expose the mouse to lyme

Infected ticks and see if those ticks carry the virus after biting the

Mouse who is infected with the virus. Then, he will test those with CFS

And Autism...it would be especially intriguing if you also have

Diagnosees of lyme disease in both? If not, that's ok, just the CFS and

Autism will do. I need around fifty families with this case history.

I would need people in this study who have a diagnosis of CFS by their

Doctors, and of course children on the spectrum. I have contacted CFS

Groups, Autism groups, Lyme groups...if you have any pertinent people I

Can talk with, can you please contact me?

Kathy Blanco

kblanco1 (AT) MSN (DOT) com