Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus–related Gammaretrovirus in Respiratory Tract

Xenotropic murine leukemia virus–related gammaretrovirus (XMRV) has been recently associated with prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome. To identify nucleic acid sequences, we examined respiratory secretions by using PCR. XMRV-specific sequences were detected in 2%–3% of samples from 168 immu...

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Autores principales: Fischer, Nicole, Schulz, Claudia, Stieler, Kristin, Hohn, Oliver, Lange, Christoph, Drosten, Christian, Aepfelbacher, Martin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3086240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20507757
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1606.100066
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Sumario:Xenotropic murine leukemia virus–related gammaretrovirus (XMRV) has been recently associated with prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome. To identify nucleic acid sequences, we examined respiratory secretions by using PCR. XMRV-specific sequences were detected in 2%–3% of samples from 168 immunocompetent carriers and ≈10% of samples from 161 immunocompromised patients.

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