A cautionary tale of virus and disease

The recent identification of the gammaretrovirus XMRV and a second gammaretrovirus of a different subtype in chronic fatigue syndrome has aroused much interest, not least among sufferers. However, it remains highly controversial whether the detection of these viruses represents true infection or lab...

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Autor principal: Weiss, Robin A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
Materias:
Opinion
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20920148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-8-124
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Sumario:The recent identification of the gammaretrovirus XMRV and a second gammaretrovirus of a different subtype in chronic fatigue syndrome has aroused much interest, not least among sufferers. However, it remains highly controversial whether the detection of these viruses represents true infection or laboratory artifacts.

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