Published 25 February 2010, doi:10.1136/bmj.c1018
Cite this as: BMJ 2010;340:c1018
Research
F
rank J M van Kuppeveld,
associate professor experimental virology1,5,6,
Arjan S de Jong,
molecular medical microbiologist1,5,
Kjerstin H Lanke,
research technician1,5,6,
Gerald W Verhaegh,
senior research fellow2,6,
Willem J G Melchers,
molecular medical microbiologist1,5,6,
Caroline M A Swanink,
medical microbiologist1,
Gijs Bleijenberg,
professor psychology4,5,7,
Mihai G Netea,
professor experimental internal medicine3,5,
Jochem M D Galama,
professor clinical virology1,5,
Jos W M van der Meer,
professor internal medicine3,5 1 Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands ,
2 Department of Urology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre,
3 Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre,
4 Expert Centre for Chronic Fatigue, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre,
5 Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, Nijmegen,
6 Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen,
7 Nijmegen Centre for Evidence Based Practice, Nijmegen
Objective The presence of the retrovirus xenotropic murine leukaemia
virus-related virus (XMRV) has been reported in peripheral blood
mononuclear cells of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
Considering the potentially great medical and social relevance
of such a discovery, we investigated whether this finding could
be confirmed in an independent European cohort of patients with
chronic fatigue syndrome....
read more .
Cite this as: BMJ 2010;340:c1018
Research
Frank J M van Kuppeveld, associate professor experimental virology1,5,6, Arjan S de Jong, molecular medical microbiologist1,5, Kjerstin H Lanke, research technician1,5,6, Gerald W Verhaegh, senior research fellow2,6, Willem J G Melchers, molecular medical microbiologist1,5,6, Caroline M A Swanink, medical microbiologist1, Gijs Bleijenberg, professor psychology4,5,7, Mihai G Netea, professor experimental internal medicine3,5, Jochem M D Galama, professor clinical virology1,5, Jos W M van der Meer, professor internal medicine3,51 Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands , 2 Department of Urology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, 3 Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, 4 Expert Centre for Chronic Fatigue, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, 5 Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, Nijmegen, 6 Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, 7 Nijmegen Centre for Evidence Based Practice, Nijmegen
Objective The presence of the retrovirus xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus (XMRV) has been reported in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Considering the potentially great medical and social relevance of such a discovery, we investigated whether this finding could be confirmed in an independent European cohort of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.... read more .