Phylogenetic analysis of murine leukemia virus sequences from longitudinally sampled chronic fatigue syndrome patients suggests PCR contamination rather than viral evolution

Journal of Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 10909-10913

  Katzourakis, Aris ^a   Hué, Stéphane ^b   Kellam, Paul ^b,c   Towers, Greg J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, MURINE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MURINAE; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS;

EID: 80054986828     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00827-11     Document Type: Note

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