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Researchers find virus in blood cells of CFS patients

Researchers at the Whittemore Peterson Institute in Reno, USA have identified genetic material (DNA) from a mouse virus – murine leukaemia virus-related virus (XMRV) – in 68 out of 101 CFS patients (67%) compared to 8 out of 218 (3.7%) of healthy people.
Further blood tests showed that more than 95% of CFS patients have antibodies to XMRV, indicating they had been infected with the virus, which may then have lain dormant in their DNA.
Researchers at the Whittemore Peterson Institute in Reno, USA have identified genetic material (DNA) from a mouse virus – murine leukaemia virus-related virus (XMRV) – in 68 out of 101 CFS patients (67%) compared to 8 out of 218 (3.7%) of healthy people.
Further blood tests showed that more than 95% of CFS patients have antibodies to XMRV, indicating they had been infected with the virus, which may then have lain dormant in their DNA.
http://www.afme.org.uk/news.asp?newsid=649
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