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Contamination of human DNA samples with mouse DNA can lead to false detection of XMRV-like sequences
1 Dec 2010
Abstract excerpt
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 few healthy controls (4%). However, several groups have published to date that they could not identify XMRV RNA or...
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