Utilization of replication-competent XMRV reporter-viruses reveals severe viral restriction in primary human cells.

The gammaretrovirus termed xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) was described to be isolated from prostate cancer tissue biopsies and from blood of patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome. However, many studies failed to detect XMRV and to verify these disease associations....

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Main Authors: Christina Martina Stürzel, David Palesch, Mohammad Khalid, Silke Wissing, Nicole Fischer, Jan Münch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3772927?pdf=render