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. 2011;57(7-8):631-4.

Presence of murine leukemia virus (MLV)-related virus gene sequences in a commercial RT-PCR reagent

Dietmar Wolff  1 , Andreas Gerritzen
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  • PMID: 21888029

Presence of murine leukemia virus (MLV)-related virus gene sequences in a commercial RT-PCR reagent

Dietmar Wolff et al. Clin Lab. 2011.

Abstract

Background: The recent identification of murine leukemia virus (MLV)-related viruses in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has aroused much interest, not least among sufferers. However, other studies failed to detect these viruses in CFS patients.

Methods: We wanted to establish a MLV-related virus real-time PCR for routine diagnostics.

Results: Our study identified false positive MLV-related virus results due to a contamination of Superscript III Platinum One-Step Quantitative RT-PCR System (Invitrogen).

Conclusions: This observation may be helpful to elucidate discrepant results for the detection of MLV-related virus like xenotropic MLV-related virus (XMRV) in recently published studies.

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