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- abbreviation xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus, a
virus isolated fromhumans .
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Examples
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There has been intense interest about whether sufferers of the syndrome should be barred from donating blood since last year, when the journal Science published a paper linking a retrovirus called XMRV to the disease.
New Blood-Screening Advised Amy Dockser Marcus 2010
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Scientists are racing to develop tests for a retrovirus called XMRV, which could be used to determine if the blood supply is tainted and to assess how many people may be infected.
Seeking New Blood-Supply Test Amy Dockser Marcus 2010
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Two groups of researchers studying a potential link between chronic-fatigue syndrome and a virus called XMRV have reached contradictory conclusions, according to people familiar with the findings.
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Mikovits, with Vincent Lombardi and other colleagues from the WPI, reported that they had found a recently discovered retrovirus called XMRV in the blood cells of 68 out of 101 ME/CFS patients they hadtested.
The trouble with ME 2010
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Based on other recent research linking the syndrome to a retrovirus called XMRV, some doctors are already prescribing drugs approved for HIV for fatigue patients.
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(ME), have a retrovirus called XMRV in their blood ...
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(ME), have a retrovirus called XMRV in their blood ...
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(ME), have a retrovirus called XMRV in their blood ...
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The journal Science had recently published a study reporting on evidence of a retrovirus called XMRV in about two-thirds of patients diagnosed with the syndrome.
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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(ME), have a retrovirus called XMRV in their blood ...
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