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=== More fatigue after EBV compared to other infections === [[Peter White|White]] et al. showed the percentage of patients developing [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] to be significantly higher after an infection with EBV (9-47%) than after an upper respiratory tract infection (0-6%).<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal | last = White | first = P. D. | last2 = Thomas | first2 = J.M. | last3 = Amess | first3 = J. | last4 = Crawford | first4 = D.H. | last5 = Grover | first5 = S.A. | last6 = Kangro | first6 = H.O. | last7 = Clare | first7 = A.W. | date = Dec 1998 | title = Incidence, risk and prognosis of acute and chronic fatigue syndromes and psychiatric disorders after glandular fever |url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9926075|journal=The British Journal of Psychiatry: The Journal of Mental Science|volume=173 | pages = 475β481|issn=0007-1250|pmid=9926075|issue=|quote= | author-link = Peter White|via=}}</ref> Other research has shown that persistent fatigue is much more common after infectious mononucleosis than after other infectious diseases such as [[influenza]] or [[tonsillitis]].<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Petersen | first = I. | last2 = Thomas | first2 = J.M. | last3 = Hamilton | first3 = W.T. | last4 = White | first4 = P. D. | date = Jan 2006 | title = Risk and predictors of fatigue after infectious mononucleosis in a large primary-care cohort|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16330509|journal=QJM: monthly journal of the Association of Physicians|volume=99|issue=1 | pages = 49β55|doi=10.1093/qjmed/hci149|issn=1460-2725|pmid=16330509|quote= | authorlink3 = | authorlink4 = Peter White | authorlink5 = |via=}}</ref>
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