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- adjective biology Describing a
virus growing in tissue of an organism other than its normalhost
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This study investigated whether a retrovirus called xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus (XMRV) might be involved.
unknown title 2009
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The virus is known as xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus or XMRV.
Red Cross bars chronic fatigue patients from donating blood Rob Stein 2010
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The virus is known as xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus or XMRV.
Red Cross bars chronic fatigue patients from donating blood Rob Stein 2010
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The virus is known as xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus, or XMRV.
Chronic fatigue patients barred from blood donation Rob Stein 2010
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The virus is known as xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus, or XMRV.
Chronic fatigue patients barred from blood donation Rob Stein 2010
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In 2009, a team of scientists in Nevada reported finding evidence of a virus known as the xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus XMRV in the blood of patients with the disorder.
The Seattle Times 2011
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EARLIER this month, a study published in the journal Science answered a question that medical scientists had been asking since 2006, when they learned of a novel virus found in prostate tumors called xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus, or XMRV: Was it a human infection?
Latest Articles 2009
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EARLIER this month, a study published in the journal Science answered a question that medical scientists had been asking since 2006, when they learned of a novel virus found in prostate tumors called xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus, or XMRV: Was it a human infection?
Latest Articles 2009
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Extrapolating from those numbers, public-health officials estimated that up to 10 million people in the U.S. and hundreds of millions of people globally could be infected with XMRV, or xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus.
Potential Risk to Blood Supply Probed Amy Dockser Marcus 2010
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Extrapolating from those numbers, public-health officials estimated that up to 10 million people in the U.S. and hundreds of millions of people globally could be infected with XMRV, or xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus.
Potential Risk to Blood Supply Probed Amy Dockser Marcus 2010
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