Comment on "Detection of an Infectious Retrovirus, XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"

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作者
Lloyd, Andrew [1 ]
White, Peter [2 ]
Wessely, Simon [3 ]
Sharpe, Michael [4 ]
Buchwald, Dedra [5 ]
机构
[1] Univ New S Wales, Ctr Infect & Inflammat Res, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
[2] Queen Mary Univ London, Barts & London Sch Med, Wolfson Inst Prevent Med, London, England
[3] Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat, Dept Psychol Med, London, England
[4] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Mol & Clin Med, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, Midlothian, Scotland
[5] Univ Washington, Ctr Clin & Epidemiol Res, Seattle, WA 98101 USA
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VIRUS-RELATED VIRUS; PROSTATE-CANCER;
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10.1126/science.1183706
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Lombardi et al. (Reports, 23 October 2009, p. 585) reported a significant association between the human retrovirus XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). However, the cases with CFS and the control subjects in their study are poorly described and unlikely to be representative. Independent replication is a critical first step before accepting the validity of this finding.
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