Xenotropic and polytropic murine leukemia virus-related sequences are not detected in the majority of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

New Microbiologica

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-344

  Paolucci, Stefania ^a   Piralla, Antonio ^a   Zanello, Cinzia ^a   Minoli, Lorenzo ^a   Baldanti, Fausto ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Ecotropic MLV; MLV related virus; Polytropic MLV; XMRV

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE; XENOTROPIC MULV RELATED VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; GENES, GAG; GENES, VIRAL; HIV; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, MURINE; MICE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; XENOTROPIC MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS-RELATED VIRUS;

GAMMARETROVIRUS; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS;

EID: 84864569365     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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