Absence of XMRV retrovirus and other murine leukemia virus-related viruses in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

Journal of Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 7195-7202

  Shin, Clifford H ^a   Bateman, Lucinda ^b   Schlaberg, Robert ^a   Bunker, Ashley M ^c   Leonard, Christopher J ^a   Hughen, Ronald W ^a   Light, Alan R ^a   Light, Kathleen C ^a   Singh, Ila R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fatigue Consultation Clinic   (United States)

^c ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAQ POLYMERASE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; XENOTROPIC MULV RELATED VIRUS;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS-RELATED VIRUS;

GAMMARETROVIRUS; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS;

EID: 79960405095     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00693-11     Document Type: Article

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