The Nation - News from Jan. 7, 1985

A newly recognized flulike illness marked by fatigue, fever and swollen glands that can persist for years has been linked to unusual flare-ups of a virus in the herpes family, according to two reports to be published in the January issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The ailment is not caused by the viruses that produce genital herpes or fever blisters, but is apparently caused by another member of the herpes virus family called Epstein-Barr virus. That virus is known primarily as the cause of infectious mononucleosis.