XMRV and polytropic MLV-related virus have been controversially associated with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Subsequent reports failed to detect XMRV and MLV-related virus in CFS patients, and the previous results have been interpreted as a massive laboratory contamination by mouse DNA sequences. Among 12 sequential CFS patients, two were positive for XMRV/MLV sequences. In contrast, 40 selected control subjects were negative. CSF patients and controls were negative for mitochondrial mouse-specific DNA sequences. These findings do not confirm the high frequency of MLV-related viruses infection in CFS patients, but also contrast the widespread laboratory contamination previously suggested.
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Paolucci, S., Piralla, A., Zanello, C., Minoli, L., & Baldanti, F. (2012). Xenotropic and polytropic murine leukemia virus-related sequences are not detected in the majority of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. New Microbiologica, 35(3), 341–344.
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