The virus in question is a recently
discovered retrovirus, Xenotropic Murine Leukaemia Virus (MLV)- Related Virus (XMRV).
Extrapolated to the general population, that meant the recently
discovered retrovirus might already have infected at least 10 million still - healthy Americans, each of them innocent of their acquisition of the pathogen.
Not exact matches
On closer inspection, however, the gene we had
discovered in vertebrates proved not to be a
retrovirus gene at all.
We also analysed correspondence about the transportation of gibbons during the 60s and 70s, laboratory and zoological records to
discover the origin of the
retrovirus and how it could have been transmitted.»
For the first time, scientists have
discovered a pig
retrovirus that infects human cells.
In spite of the disappointing results, Mikovits continues to believe a human
retrovirus will be
discovered eventually to lie at the heart of CFS.
Scientists
discovered a new
retrovirus «fossil» found in the common vampire bat which is homologous to
retroviruses in rodents and primates.
Mikovits and colleagues reported that 67 % of CFS patients they tested harbored a recently
discovered mouse
retrovirus dubbed XMRV.
A year later he and his group
discovered the second known human
retrovirus (HTLV - 2).
Discovered that APOBEC3 encodes Rfv3, a gene influencing production of neutralizing antibody responses in
retrovirus infection.