An unbiased metagenomic search for infectious agents using monozygotic twins discordant for chronic fatigue

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sullivan, Patrick F ^a,b   Allander, Tobias ^c   Lysholm, Fredrik ^b,d   Goh, Shan ^c   Persson, Bengt ^b,d   Jacks, Andreas ^b   Evengård, Birgitta ^e   Pedersen, Nancy L ^b   Andersson, Björn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAGENOMICS; RNA VIRUS; TWIN DISCORDANCE; VIREMIA; BLOOD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; DNA, VIRAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; GB VIRUS C; HUMANS; MALE; METAGENOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VIREMIA;

EID: 78650635638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-2     Document Type: Article

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