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XMRV as a Human Pathogen?
Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) has been proposed to be associated with prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). This proposition has been controversial because many investigators have failed to replicate the reported associations. Here, we explore whether XMRV is an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4551452/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21501825 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2011.04.001 |
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author | Wainberg, Mark A. Jeang, Kuan-Teh |
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description | Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) has been proposed to be associated with prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). This proposition has been controversial because many investigators have failed to replicate the reported associations. Here, we explore whether XMRV is an authentic human pathogen in the light of recent findings that indicate otherwise. |
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spelling | pubmed-45514522015-08-28 XMRV as a Human Pathogen? Wainberg, Mark A. Jeang, Kuan-Teh Cell Host Microbe Forum Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) has been proposed to be associated with prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). This proposition has been controversial because many investigators have failed to replicate the reported associations. Here, we explore whether XMRV is an authentic human pathogen in the light of recent findings that indicate otherwise. Elsevier Inc. 2011-04-21 2011-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4551452/ /pubmed/21501825 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2011.04.001 Text en Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Forum Wainberg, Mark A. Jeang, Kuan-Teh XMRV as a Human Pathogen? |
title | XMRV as a Human Pathogen? |
title_full | XMRV as a Human Pathogen? |
title_fullStr | XMRV as a Human Pathogen? |
title_full_unstemmed | XMRV as a Human Pathogen? |
title_short | XMRV as a Human Pathogen? |
title_sort | xmrv as a human pathogen? |
topic | Forum |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4551452/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21501825 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2011.04.001 |
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