Our Publications
Kingdon, C.C.; Lowe, A.; Shepherd, C.; Nacul, L. What Primary Care Practitioners Need to Know about the New NICE Guideline for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Adults . Preprints 2022, 2022110016 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202211.0016.v1).
Fatigue presentation, severity, and related outcomes 12 weeks post-COVID-19 hospitalization
Magel, T., Meagher, E., Boulter, T., Albert, A., Tsai, M., Munoz, C., Carlsten, C., Johnston, J., Wong, A., Shah, A., Ryerson, C., McKay, R. J., & Nacul, L. (2022). Fatigue presentation, severity, and related outcomes 12 weeks post-covid-19 hospitalization. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.18.22280199
Post-viral fatigue following SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy: a longitudinal comparative study
Ana Maria da Silva Sousa Oliveira, Mariana Azevedo Carvalho, Luis Nacul et al. Post-viral fatigue following SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy: a longitudinal comparative study, 22 June 2022, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1629974/v1]
Tami, B.T.F. van der Gun, K.I. Wold, M.F. Vincenti-González, A… Nacul, H.G.M. Niesters, A.W. Friedrich. The COVID HOME study research protocol: Prospective cohort study of non-hospitalised COVID-19 patients medRxiv 2022.08.14.22278762; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.14.2227876
O'Boyle, S., Nacul, L., Nacul, F. E., Mudie, K., Kingdon, C. C., Cliff, J. M., Clark, T. G., Dockrell, H. M., & Lacerda, E. M. (2022, January 28). A natural history of disease framework for improving the Prevention, management, and research on post-viral fatigue syndrome and other forms of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Frontiers in medicine. Retrieved March 31, 2022, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8835111/
Incidence of Lyme disease in the United Kingdom and association with fatigue: A population-based, historical cohort study
Brellier, F., Pujades-Rodriguez, M., Powell, E., Mudie, K., Mattos Lacerda, E., Nacul, L., & Wing, K. (2022). Incidence of lyme disease in the United Kingdom and association with fatigue: A population-based, historical cohort study. PLOS ONE, 17(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265765
Systematic review and meta-analysis of cognitive impairment in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)
Aoun Sebaiti, M., Hainselin, M., Gounden, Y. et al. Systematic review and meta-analysis of cognitive impairment in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Sci Rep 12, 2157 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04764-w
Expert consuses on the diagnosis, service provisions and care for people with ME/CFS in Europe
Nacul L, Authier FJ, Scheibenbogen C, Lorusso L, Helland IB, Martin JA, Sirbu CA, Mengshoel AM, Polo O, Behrends U, Nielsen H, Grabowski P, Sekulic S, Sepulveda N, Estévez-López F, Zalewski P, Pheby DFH, Castro-Marrero J, Sakkas GK, Capelli E, Brundsdlund I, Cullinan J, Krumina A, Bergquist J, Murovska M, Vermuelen RCW, Lacerda EM. European Network on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (EUROMENE): Expert Consensus on the Diagnosis, Service Provision, and Care of People with ME/CFS in Europe. Medicina (Kaunas). 2021 May 19;57(5):510. doi: 10.3390/medicina57050510. PMID: 34069603; PMCID: PMC8161074.
Herpesviruses serology distinguishes different subgroups of patients from the UK ME/CFS biobank
Tiago Dias Domingues , Anna Daria Grabowska , Ji-Sook Lee , Jose Ameijeiras-Alonso , Francisco Westermeier , Carmen Scheibenbogen , Jacqueline Margaret Cliff , Luis Carlos Nacul , Eliana Mattos Lacerda , Helena Mourino and Nuno Sepulveda; Herpesviruses serology distinguishes different subgroups of patients from the United Kingdom Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Biobank. Front. Med (accepted June 2021) doi: 10.3389/fm ed.2021.686736
Salivary DNA loads for human Herpes virus 6 and 7 are correlated with disease phenotype in ME/CFS
Ji-Sook Lee, Eliana M Lacerda, Luis Nacul, Caroline C Kingdon, Jasmin Norris, Shennae O'Boyle, Chrissy h Roberts, Luigi Palla, Eleanor M Riley, Jacqueline M Cliff. Salivary DNA loads for human herpes viruses 6 and 7 are correlated with disease phenotype in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Frontiers in Medicine (accepted June 2021).
The SARVS-CoV2 receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in ME/CFS: analysis of high-throughput genetic, epigenetic, and gene expression studies
Malato J, Sotzny F, Bauer S, Freitag H, Fonseca A, Grabowska AD, Graça L, Cordeiro C, Nacul L, Lacerda EM, Castro-Marrero J, Scheibenbogen C, Westermeier F, Sepúlveda.The SARS-CoV-2 receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: analysis of high-throughput genetic, epigenetic, and gene expression studies. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2021 Mar 24:2021.03.23.21254175. doi: 10.1101/2021.03.23.21254175. PMID: 33791744; PMCID: PMC8010776
How ME/CFS progresses: The natural history of ME/CFS
Nacul L, O'Boyle S, Palla L, Nacul FE, Mudie K, Kingdon CC, Cliff JM, Clark TG, Dockrell HM, Lacerda EM. How Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Progresses: The Natural History of ME/CFS. Front Neurol. 2020 Aug 11;11:826. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00826. PMID: 32849252; PMCID: PMC7431524.
Review of the quality control checks performed by current genome-wide and targeted-genome associated studies on ME/CFS
Grabowska AD, Lacerda EM, Nacul L, Sepúlveda N. Review of the Quality Control Checks Performed by Current Genome-Wide and Targeted-Genome Association Studies on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Front Pediatr. 2020 Jun 12;8:293. doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.00293. PMID: 32596192; PMCID: PMC7304330.
Health care responsibility and compassion - visiting the housbound patient serverely affected by ME/CFS
Kingdon C, Giotas D, Nacul L, Lacerda E. Health Care Responsibility and Compassion-Visiting the Housebound Patient Severely Affected by ME/CFS. Healthcare (Basel). 2020 Jul 4;8(3):197. doi: 10.3390/healthcare8030197. PMID: 32635535; PMCID: PMC7551603
Systematic review of the epidemiological burden of ME/CFS across
Europe
Estévez-López F, Mudie K, Wang-Steverding X, Bakken IJ, Ivanovs A, Castro-Marrero J, Nacul L, Alegre J, Zalewski P, Słomko J, Strand EB, Pheby D, Shikova E, Lorusso L, Capelli E, Sekulic S, Scheibenbogen C, Sepúlveda N, Murovska M, Lacerda E. Systematic Review of the Epidemiological Burden of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Across Europe: Current Evidence and EUROMENE Research Recommendations for Epidemiology. J Clin Med. 2020 May 21;9(5):1557. doi: 10.3390/jcm9051557. PMID: 32455633; PMCID: PMC7290765
