Morgellons Research Foundation

The MorgellonsResearch Foundation

Leitao created the Morgellons Research Foundation (MRF) and its associated web site in 2002 to promote awareness of the disease and to raise money for research. The Morgellons Research Foundation (MRF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness and research funding for the illness “Morgellons disease“.

The Morgellons Research Foundation has adopted a draft Case Definition developed by their Medical Advisory Board that is intended to be refined as new information is available. Researchers from the Morgellons Research Foundation consider Morgellons a distinct and novel disease.

For a few years, the Morgellons Research Foundation (MRF) has been registering people who think they have symptoms of Morgellons. As of February 2006, more than 2,000 reports of the disease have been reported on the Foundation's website. The foundation raises public awareness of Morgellons via web and press campaigns; conducts letter writing campaigns to state officials.

The Morgellons Research Foundation states that Morgellons has been reported in every American state, and 15 other countries.

The Foundation's website states, "This non-profit foundation is dedicated to finding the cause of an emerging infectious disease, which mimics scabies and lice.

In addition, "according to statistics from the Morgellons Research Foundation (MRF), the majority (95%) of affected patients also report symptoms of disabling fatigue and self-described "brain fog" or problems with attention.