The scientific method at work: Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus is neither a cause of chronic fatigue syndrome nor a threat to the blood supply

Transfusion

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 222-225

  Karafin, Matthew S ^a,b   Stramer, Susan L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PROVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS RELATED VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MICE; RESEARCH; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS-RELATED VIRUS;

EID: 84855825123     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03518.x     Document Type: Note

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