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Chronic fatigue syndrome organisations have been calling for a major shake up of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's research program and now it seems on the back of the recent XMRV retrovirus breakthrough by a non-governmental research group the Center's own staff are questioning the current approach.   In recent years many chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) groups along with individual doctors and patients have become increasingly frustrated with the lack of progress made by the CDC in advancing understanding and treatment of ME/CFS despite relatively large amounts of funding compared to other programs.

In October 2008 the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS), whose mission is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America", held a meeting attended by committee members including respected ME/CFS physicians Lucinda Bateman, MD, and Nancy Klimas, MD, CDC representatives and representatives from other governmental organisations including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).