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

Vincent C. Lombardi, Francis W. Ruscetti, Jaydip Das Gupta, Max A. Pfost, Kathryn S. Hagen, Daniel L. Peterson, Sandra K. Ruscetti, Rachel K. Bagni, Cari Petrow-Sadowski, Bert Gold, Michael Dean, Robert H. Silverman, Judy A. Mikovits

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DOI: 10.1126/science.1179052
Published: 2009-10-23
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Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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@article{allodium:10.1126/science.1179052,
  title = {Detection of an Infectious Retrovirus, XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome},
  author = {Vincent C. Lombardi and Francis W. Ruscetti and Jaydip Das Gupta and Max A. Pfost and Kathryn S. Hagen and Daniel L. Peterson and Sandra K. Ruscetti and Rachel K. Bagni and Cari Petrow-Sadowski and Bert Gold and Michael Dean and Robert H. Silverman and Judy A. Mikovits},
  year = {2009},
  journal = {Science},
  doi = {10.1126/science.1179052},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1179052}
}

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AU  - Vincent C. Lombardi
AU  - Francis W. Ruscetti
AU  - Jaydip Das Gupta
AU  - Max A. Pfost
AU  - Kathryn S. Hagen
AU  - Daniel L. Peterson
AU  - Sandra K. Ruscetti
AU  - Rachel K. Bagni
AU  - Cari Petrow-Sadowski
AU  - Bert Gold
AU  - Michael Dean
AU  - Robert H. Silverman
AU  - Judy A. Mikovits
PY  - 2009
JO  - Science
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Lombardi, V. C., Ruscetti, F. W., Gupta, J. D., Pfost, M. A., Hagen, K. S., Peterson, D. L., Ruscetti, S. K., Bagni, R. K., Petrow-Sadowski, C., Gold, B., Dean, M., Silverman, R. H., & Mikovits, J. A. (2009). Detection of an Infectious Retrovirus, XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1179052

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