Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus prevalence in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome or chronic immunomodulatory conditions

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1478-1481

  Henrich, Timothy J ^a,b,c   Li, Jonathan Z ^a,b,c   Felsenstein, Donna ^b,c   Kotton, Camille N ^b,c   Plenge, Robert M ^a,c   Pereyra, Florencia ^a,c,d   Marty, Francisco M ^a,c,e   Lin, Nina H ^b,c   Grazioso, Paul ^b   Crochiere, Danielle M ^b   Eggers, Daniel ^b   Kuritzkes, Daniel R ^a,b,c   Tsibris, Athe M N ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; XENOTROPIC VIRUS;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, MURINE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 78349238566     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657168     Document Type: Article

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