Section on Illnesses of Unknown Etiology

The Illnesses of Unknown Etiology section aims to provide a translational medicine forum for the publication of research on illnesses, multi-system diseases and syndromes of unknown etiology. Examples of these include Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS), and Post Covid Syndrome/ Long Covid. There has been a continuous albeit undervalued progress in this arena. However, among the many medical specialties that try to diagnose and treat the multiple symptoms presented by patients affected by these diseases, an avenue of rapid and simultaneous communication is missing.

Studies on all aspects of ME/CFS, Post Covid Syndrome/ Long Covid and multi-system diseases of unknown cause with applications in medicine and biotechnology will be considered for publication. The section welcomes contributions that employ traditional clinical, metabolic, epidemiologic, genomics and proteomics methods as diagnostic and prognostic tools.