Javier Martínez Mellado

Fibromyalgia Driven by Two Viruses and the Risk Genes: Epstein-Barr Virus Explains the Female Bias and Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Causes the Pain

Fibromyalgia affects 2-4% of the population with a female predominance of up to 9:1, yet its etiology has remained unknown. Here we integrate the largest fibromyalgia genome-wide association study (GWAS) to date (Nature Medicine 2026, 2.5 million individuals, 26 loci) with publis...

Fibromyalgia Driven by Two Viruses and the Risk Genes: Epstein-Barr Virus Explains the Female Bias and Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Causes the Pain

Fibromyalgia affects 2-4% of the population with a female predominance of up to 9:1, yet its etiology has remained unknown. Here we integrate the largest fibromyalgia genome-wide association study (GWAS) to date (Nature Medicine 2026, 2.5 million individuals, 26 loci) with publis...