Journal article
Failure to detect xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus in blood of individuals at high risk of blood-borne viral infections
- Abstract:
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A xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) has recently been reported in association with prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome, with a prevalence of up to 3.7% in the healthy population. We looked for XMRV in 230 patients with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 or hepatitis C infection. XMRV was undetectable in plasma or peripheral blood mononuclear cells by polymerase chain reaction targeting XMRV gag or env. T cell responses to XMRV Gag were undetectable in peripheral ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Wellcome Trust
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Infectious Diseases Journal website
- Volume:
- 202
- Issue:
- 10
- Pages:
- 1482–1485
- Publication date:
- 2010-11-15
- Acceptance date:
- 2010-07-29
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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537-6613
- ISSN:
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0022-1899
- Pmid:
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20936982
- Source identifiers:
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89587
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:89587
- UUID:
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uuid:0d245a98-8d72-4afc-a142-20eb798bd842
- Local pid:
- pubs:89587
- Deposit date:
- 2016-08-11
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- Copyright holder:
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Copyright date:
- 2010
- Rights statement:
- © 2010 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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