Lack of infection with XMRV or other MLV-related viruses in Blood, post-mortem brains and paternal gametes of Autistic individuals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Lintas, Carla ^a,b   Guidi, Francesco ^c   Manzi, Barbara ^d   Mancini, Antonio ^c   Curatolo, Paolo ^d   Persico, Antonio M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GAG PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FATHER; GAMETE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; XENOTROPIC MULV RELATED VIRUS; AGED; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; BRAIN; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERM CELL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

GAMMARETROVIRUS; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAMMARETROVIRUS; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, MURINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS-RELATED VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952012864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016609     Document Type: Article

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