Investigation into the presence of and serological response to XMRV in CFS patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Erlwein, Otto ^a   Robinson, Mark J ^a   Kaye, Steve ^a   Wills, Gillian ^a   Izui, Shozo ^b   Wessely, Simon ^c   Weber, Jonathan ^a   Cleare, Anthony ^c   Collier, David ^c   McClure, Myra O ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; XENOTROPIC MULV RELATED VIRUS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

GAMMARETROVIRUS; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS-RELATED VIRUS;

EID: 79952377952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017592     Document Type: Article

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