Chapter 3 Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus as a Case Study: Using a Precautionary Risk Management Approach for Emerging Blood-Borne Pathogens in Canada

In October 2009 it was reported that 68 of 101 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in the United States, when tested, were infected with a novel gamma retrovirus, xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) (Lombardi et al., 2009). XMRV is a recently discovered human gammare...

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Main Authors:	Oraby, Tamer, Aspinall, Willy, Wu, Jun, ElSaadany, Susie, Tyshenko, Michael G., Ganz, Peter R., Laderoute, Marian, Krewski, Daniel
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	InTechOpen 2021
Subjects:	case study virus Blood plasma Blood-borne disease Canada Chronic fatigue syndrome Polymerase chain reaction Prostate cancer Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus
Online Access:	612629
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