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Xenotropic and polytropic murine leukemia virus-related sequences are not detected in the majority of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.

Overview of attention for article published in new microbiologica, June 2012
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#5 of 306)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (88th percentile)

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Title
Xenotropic and polytropic murine leukemia virus-related sequences are not detected in the majority of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
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new microbiologica, June 2012
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Authors

Stefania Paolucci, Antonio Piralla, Cinzia Zanello, Lorenzo Minoli, Fausto Baldanti

Abstract

XMRV and polytropic MLV-related virus have been controversially associated with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Subsequent reports failed to detect XMRV and MLV-related virus in CFS patients, and the previous results have been interpreted as a massive laboratory contamination by mouse DNA sequences. Among 12 sequential CFS patients, two were positive for XMRV/MLV sequences. In contrast, 40 selected control subjects were negative. CSF patients and controls were negative for mitochondrial mouse-specific DNA sequences. These findings do not confirm the high frequency of MLV-related viruses infection in CFS patients, but also contrast the widespread laboratory contamination previously suggested.

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Unknown 17 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 4 24%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 18%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 18%
Researcher 2 12%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Unknown 3 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 4 24%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 18%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 12%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 6%
Arts and Humanities 1 6%
Other 2 12%
Unknown 4 24%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 August 2012.
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#3,247,264
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#5
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#20,767
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#1
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