Absence of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus in blood cells of men at risk for and infected with HIV.
Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus has been detected in blood cells of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and in 3.7% of healthy controls from the same geographic region. We evaluated 996 men who were participants in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study for xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus sequences in blood cells by means of a real-time quantitative PCR assay. Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus was detected in none of the men on the basis of the absence of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus DNA, suggesting that infection may be population-specific.
Kunstman
Kevin J
KJ
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
Bhattacharya
Tanmoy
T
Flaherty
John
J
Phair
John P
JP
Wolinsky
Steven M
SM
D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D009052:Leukemia Virus, Murine / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology
D004279:DNA, Viral