title: Absence of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus in blood cells of men at risk for and infected with HIV.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kunstman
authors.forename: Tanmoy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flaherty
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Phair
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Wolinsky
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral