No Evidence for XMRV Nucleic Acids, Infectious Virus or Anti-XMRV Antibodies in Canadian Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

The gammaretroviruses xenotropic murine leukemia virus (MLV)-related virus (XMRV) and MLV have been reported to be more prevalent in plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients than in healthy controls. Here, we report the complex analysis of whole blood...

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Autores principales: Steffen, Imke, Tyrrell, D. Lorne, Stein, Eleanor, Montalvo, Leilani, Lee, Tzong-Hae, Zhou, Yanchen, Lu, Kai, Switzer, William M., Tang, Shaohua, Jia, Hongwei, Hockman, Darren, Santer, Deanna M., Logan, Michael, Landi, Amir, Law, John, Houghton, Michael, Simmons, Graham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22114717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027870
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Sumario:The gammaretroviruses xenotropic murine leukemia virus (MLV)-related virus (XMRV) and MLV have been reported to be more prevalent in plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients than in healthy controls. Here, we report the complex analysis of whole blood and plasma samples from 58 CFS patients and 57 controls from Canada for the presence of XMRV/MLV nucleic acids, infectious virus, and XMRV/MLV-specific antibodies. Multiple techniques were employed, including nested and qRT-PCR, cell culture, and immunoblotting. We found no evidence of XMRV or MLV in humans and conclude that CFS is not associated with these gammaretroviruses.

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