Could a virus contribute to weight gain?

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1350-1356

  Vasilakopoulou, A ^a,b   Le Roux, C W ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Borna disease virus; Canine distemper virus; Rous associated virus; Scrapie agent; Virus

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; BORNA DISEASE VIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROUS SARCOMA ONCOVIRUS; SCRAPIE AGENT; VIRUS INFECTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; AVIADENOVIRUS; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; BORNA DISEASE VIRUS; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PRPSC PROTEINS; WEIGHT GAIN;

BORNA DISEASE VIRUS; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; ROUS-ASSOCIATED VIRUS;

EID: 34548358840     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803623     Document Type: Review

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