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Multiple sources of contamination in samples from patients reported to have XMRV infection.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Kearney Mary F, Spindler Jonathan, Wiegand Ann, Shao Wei, Anderson Elizabeth M, Maldarelli Frank, Ruscetti Francis W, Mellors John W, Hughes Steve H, Le Grice Stuart F J, Coffin John M
Abstract excerpt
Xenotropic murine leukemia virus (MLV)-related retrovirus (XMRV) was reported to be associated with prostate cancer by Urisman, et al. in 2006 and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) by Lombardi, et al. in 2009. To investigate this association, we independently evaluated plasma samples from 4 patients with CFS reported by Lombardi, et al. to have XMRV infection and from 5 healthy controls reported to be XMRV...
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