Detection of rna sequences in cultures of a stealth virus isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of a health care worker with chronic fatigue syndrome

Pathobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-60

  Martin, W John ^a  

^a Ctr for Complex Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; RNA; RT PCR; Stealth; Virus

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NURSES; RNA, VIRAL;

CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA VIRUSES; SIMIAE; SIMIAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; STEALTH VIRUS; STEALTH VIRUSES;

EID: 0031006020     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: 14230291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000164104     Document Type: Article

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