CROI: Secrets of Novel Retrovirus Unfolding

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However, while this class of retroviruses appears to be characterized by

lifelong infection that cannot be cleared by the immune system, there's no

clear proof yet that XMRV causes illness or the diseases it's been linked

to, he emphasized.

.... She reported that acutely infected monkeys tested positive for virus

replicating in a number of tissues. Chronic infection, though, appeared

largely limited to CD4+ T cells in lymphoid organs -- spleen, lymph nodes,

and GI tract....

Other experimental lab studies have shown the virus to be androgen and

hormone responsive...