Initially I had symptoms similar to a head cold, not a flu, just before Christmas 2014. It started like a head cold, then I lost my voice for about a week but felt physically fine, I was still going to work etc but then I started sleeping 16 hours a day, this was obviously severe fatigue which made me feel awful and I became too ill to go into work. During these weeks I had a persistent pain in my neck but not a sore throat. Eventually after the New a Year I went to my GP because I just wasn't getting well. They did a throat swab which is the only way you can detect this virus. Within 7 days I was contacted by my GP as a matter of urgency and given the fusobacterium necrophorum diagnosis and I was prescribed oral metronidazole antibiotics for 7 days. I don't think enough is known about this virus at all. In May 2015 this year I have now discovered a very enlarged gland in my neck. I was sent for an ultrasound scan which confirmed this, the lump measuring 2.3 x 1.7 mm. I have no other symptoms that are specific enough to contribute this lump to anything else. I await to be seen by ENT specialist in Nov. Nothing else apart from blood tests has been done. Just hope it's nothing serious. Just thought I'd share my experience. Geri, 36 yr old female, from London UK.