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Chronic fatigue syndrome linked to virus

Reno : NV : USA | about 1 month ago  
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  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome appears to be linked to a retrovirus, researchers announced in the latest issue of Science
    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome appears to be linked to a retrovirus, ...
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome appears to be linked to a retrovirus, ...
Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related, a virus, was detected in 67 percent of 101 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, U.S. researchers say...Lombardi of the Whittemore Peterson Institute in Reno, Nev., and colleagues say the virus -- earlier detected in prostate cancers -- is closely related...
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