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- Title
Lack of infection with XMRV or other MLV-related viruses in blood, post-mortem brains and paternal gametes of autistic individuals.
- Authors
Lintas, Carla; Guidi, Francesco; Manzi, Barbara; Mancini, Antonio; Curatolo, Paolo; Persico, Antonio M
- Abstract
Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by impaired language, communication and social skills, as well as by repetitive and stereotypic patterns of behavior. Many autistic subjects display a dysregulation of the immune system which is compatible with an unresolved viral infection with prenatal onset, potentially due to vertical viral transmission. Recently, the xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) has been implicated in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and in prostate cancer by several, though not all studies.
- Publication
PloS one, 2011, Vol 6, Issue 2, pe16609
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0016609