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Contamination of human DNA samples with mouse DNA can lead to false detection of XMRV-like sequences
BACKGROUND: In 2006, a novel gammaretrovirus, XMRV (xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus), was discovered in some prostate tumors. A more recent study indicated that this infectious retrovirus can be detected in 67% of patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), but only very f...
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BioMed Central
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3022687/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21171973 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4690-7-109 |