What do you make of this article about EBV infection, immunodeficiency, and testing

I had a closer look at the references at the bottom. This item appears to have been written by a Spanish medical student who has ME and a medical graduate.
They have written this longer article explaining their theories as a PDF available here The original article is in Spanish, translated here into English:

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME CAUSED BY EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION 1Manuel Ruiz Pablos,
2Rosario Montero Mateo.
1Medical student at the European University of Madrid. Email: manruipa@gmail.com Website: http://www.foropacientes.com
2 Graduated in Medicine by the Complutense University of Madrid.

SUMMARY
Chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) is a disease of currently unknown etiology, which appears suddenly in a previously active person and whose onset appears to be related to an acute infection in most cases. Until now, CFS patients have been studied without classification into pathogen subgroups. The Epstein Barr virus (EBV), like other pathogens, is able to generate a functional immunodeficiency acquired through the deficit of expression of class II molecules of the major histocompatibility complex in genetically predisposed individuals. However, some pathogens also succeed in reducing the class I molecules of MHC. This study aims to show how the viral cycle of EBV and its mechanism of immune evasion can generate CFS and what the metabolic and physiological consequences are.
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There is a thread about it introduced by the author on PR here.
 
Cellularity sample/microL 7420
Lymphocytes/microL 1890
CD3+ (T lymphocytes) 49% (55-86)
CD3+ / CD4+ (T helper lymphocytes) 34% (37-55)
CD3+ / CD8+ (cytotoxic T lymphocytes) 12% (16-37)
Ratio CD4+ / CD8+ 2.8 (1.0-3.0)
CD19+ (B lymphocytes) 17% (2.0-18.0)
Surface immunoglobulins: polyclonal
Ratio kappa/lambda: 1.4
CD3- / CD56+ (NK lymphocytes) 31% (2.0-30.0)
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My results. Would this fall into group 1?
 
It looks like rather vague speculation to me.
There seems to be an assumption that PWME have an immunodeficiency. That idea has been around for a while but there seems to be little evidence for it.
A number of studies indicate that T cells are normal in ME using the sorts of tests mentioned in the document.
 
Wonko said:
My 'like' should not be taken as agreement, or even understanding, of the post content, merely as appreciation for the effort involved in finding and posting it here.
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Ha Ha Ha ! We’re on the same boat, Wonko. I thought it looked interesting so I posted it. I’ve never read any article being so concrete about groups and testing to find diagnosis.
 
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