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'''Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus''' (XMRV) is "a laboratory-derived mouse virus that was generated through recombination between two endogenous murine retroviruses during propagation of a prostate cancer xenograft in the mid-1990’s."<ref> | '''Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus''' (XMRV) is "a laboratory-derived mouse virus that was generated through recombination between two endogenous murine retroviruses during propagation of a prostate cancer xenograft in the mid-1990’s."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.sciencewatch.com/ | title = ScienceWatch.com - Clarivate Analytics|website=archive.sciencewatch.com|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref> | ||
==Chronic fatigue syndrome== | ==Chronic fatigue syndrome== | ||
An October 2009 paper by [[Vincent Lombardi]], [[Francis Ruscetti]], Jaydip Das Gupta, [[Max Pfost]], Kathryn S. Hagen, [[Daniel Peterson]], [[Sandra Ruscetti]], Rachel K. Bagni, Cari Petrow-Sadowski, Bert Gold, Michael Dean, [[Robert Silverman]] [[Judy Mikovits]] entitled "Detection of an Infectious Retrovirus, XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients with [[Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]]" claimed to have found a link between [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] and the presence of the retrovirus.<ref> | An October 2009 paper by [[Vincent Lombardi]], [[Francis Ruscetti]], Jaydip Das Gupta, [[Max Pfost]], Kathryn S. Hagen, [[Daniel Peterson]], [[Sandra Ruscetti]], Rachel K. Bagni, Cari Petrow-Sadowski, Bert Gold, Michael Dean, [[Robert Silverman]], and [[Judy Mikovits]], entitled "Detection of an Infectious Retrovirus, XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients with [[Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]]", claimed to have found a link between [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] and the presence of the retrovirus.<ref>{{Cite journal | last =Mikovits | first = Judy A. | last2 = Silverman | first2 = Robert H. | last3 = Dean | first3=Michael | last4 = Gold | first4=Bert | last5 = Petrow-Sadowski | first5 = Cari|last6 = Bagni | first6 = Rachel K. | last7 = Ruscetti | first7 = Sandra K. | last8 = Peterson | first8 = Daniel L. | last9 = Hagen | first9 = Kathryn S. | date = 2009-10-23 | title = Detection of an Infectious Retrovirus, XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|url=https://science.sciencemag.org/content/326/5952/585|journal=Science|language=en|volume=326|issue=5952|pages=585–589|doi=10.1126/science.1179052 |issn=0036-8075|pmid=19815723}}</ref> The paper's primary authors were at that time based at the [[Whittemore Peterson Institute]] (WPI) in Reno, Nevada, [[United States]]. The WPI soon began offering a controversial commercial XMRV testing service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prohealth.com/library/wpi-licensed-test-for-xmrv-variants-now-available-27560 | title = WPI-Licensed Test for XMRV & Variants Now Available | last =ProHealth| date = 2010-08-23 | website = Prohealth|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2010/04/xmrv-testing-in-the-uk/ | title = XMRV testing in the UK|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref> | ||
Other labs around the world were unable to detect XMRV in their patient samples. In July 2011 the journal issued an editorial expression of concern about the paper.<ref>[http://science.sciencemag.org/content/333/6038/35.1 Editorial Expression of Concern]</ref> | Other labs around the world were unable to detect XMRV in their patient samples. In July 2011 the journal issued an editorial expression of concern about the paper.<ref>[http://science.sciencemag.org/content/333/6038/35.1 Editorial Expression of Concern]</ref> | ||
The paper was fully retracted in December 2011 by the journal.<ref> | The paper was fully retracted in December 2011 by the journal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://retractionwatch.com/2011/12/22/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-xmrv-paper-retracted-by-science-completely-this-time/ | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome-XMRV paper retracted by Science, completely this time | last =Oransky | first = Ivan|authorlink=| date = 2011-12-22 | website = Retraction Watch|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last = Alberts | first = Bruce | date = 2011-12-23 | title = Retraction|url=https://science.sciencemag.org/content/334/6063/1636.1|journal=Science|language=en|volume=334|issue=6063|pages=1636–1636|doi=10.1126/science.334.6063.1636-a |issn=0036-8075|pmid=22194552}}</ref> | ||
One of the key scientists involved in efforts to clarify the situation surrounding XMRV, and eventually to debunk the science, was [[Ian Lipkin]] of Columbia University in New York.<ref> | One of the key scientists involved in efforts to clarify the situation surrounding XMRV, and eventually to debunk the science, was [[Ian Lipkin]] of Columbia University in New York.<ref>{{Cite journal | last =Callaway | first = Ewen | title = The scientist who put the nail in XMRV's coffin|url=http://www.nature.com/news/the-scientist-who-put-the-nail-in-xmrv-s-coffin-1.11444|journal=Nature News|language=en|doi=10.1038/nature.2012.11444}}</ref> | ||
Doctor [[Judy Mikovits|Mikovits]] has maintained her view that XMRV is a public health risk and documents those views in her book [[Plague]] with co-author [[Kent Heckenlively]].<ref> | Doctor [[Judy Mikovits|Mikovits]] has maintained her view that XMRV is a public health risk and documents those views in her book [[Plague]] with co-author [[Kent Heckenlively]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/plague-update-xmrv | title = PLAGUE – The Update on XMRV| date = 2015-07-03 | website = greenmedinfo.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://retractionwatch.com/2014/03/11/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-researcher-mikovits-who-championed-link-to-xmrv-to-publish-book/ | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome researcher Mikovits, who championed link to XMRV, to publish book | last =Oransky | first = Ivan|authorlink=| date = 2014-03-11 | website = Retraction Watch|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-08-07}}</ref> | ||
Mainstream science considers XMRV to be a laboratory artefact and not a threat to human health or related to chronic fatigue syndrome.<ref> | Mainstream science considers XMRV to be a laboratory artefact and not a threat to human health or related to chronic fatigue syndrome.{{Citation needed|reason=}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/09/final-study-confirms-virus-not-implicated-chronic-fatigue-syndrome | title = Final Study Confirms: Virus Not Implicated in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | last =Enserink | first = Martin|authorlink=| date = 2012-09-18 | website = Science {{!}} AAAS|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-08-07 | last3 = | first3 = }}</ref> | ||
In May of 2020, Mikovits released a preview for a documentary, ''Plandemic''. It was removed from YouTube, Facebook, and other platforms, as it was flagged as health misinformation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-05-08/youtube-facebook-coronavirus-plandemic | title = Facebook and YouTube race to squash viral video full of coronavirus lies| date = 2020-05-09 | website = Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-10 | last =Dean | first = Sam | authorlink=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref> | |||
==Notable studies== | ==Notable studies== | ||
*2016, [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27358491 Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus (XMRV) and the Safety of the Blood Supply] | *2016, [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27358491 Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus (XMRV) and the Safety of the Blood Supply] | ||
*2017, [http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00108/full XMRV and Public Health: The Retroviral Genome Is Not a Suitable Template for Diagnostic PCR, and Its Association with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Appears Unreliable] | |||
==Studies unable to detect XMRV in CFS patients== | ==Studies unable to detect XMRV in ME/CFS patients== | ||
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*2010, (UK), ''Absence of xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in UK patients with chronic fatigue syndrome''<ref>{{Cite journal | last =Groom | first = Harriet CT | last2 = Boucherit | first2=Virginie C. | last3 = Makinson | first3=Kerry | last4 = Randal | first4 = Edward | last5 = Baptista | first5 = Sarah|last6 = Hagan | first6 = Suzanne | last7 = Gow | first7 = John W. | last8 = Mattes | first8 = Frank M. | last9 = Breuer | first9 = Judith| date = 2010-02-15 | title = Absence of xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in UK patients with chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4690-7-10|journal=Retrovirology|volume=7|issue=1|pages=10|doi=10.1186/1742-4690-7-10 |issn=1742-4690|pmc = 2839973|pmid=20156349}}</ref> [http://retrovirology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1742-4690-7-10 (Full Text)] | |||
*2010, (UK), ''Failure to detect the novel retrovirus XMRV in chronic fatigue syndrome.''<ref>{{Cite journal | last =Erlwein | first = Otto | last2 = Kaye | first2 = Steve | last3 = McClure | first3 = Myra O. | last4 = Weber | first4=Jonathan | last5 = Wills | first5 = Gillian|last6 = Collier | first6 = David | last7 = Wessely | first7 = Simon | last8 = Cleare | first8 = Anthony | date = 2010-01-06 | editor-last = Nixon | editor-first = Douglas F. | title=Failure to Detect the Novel Retrovirus XMRV in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|url=http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008519|journal=PLoS ONE|language=en|volume=5|issue=1| pages = e8519|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0008519 |issn=1932-6203|pmc = 2795199|pmid=20066031}}</ref> | |||
*2010, (Netherlands), ''Prevalence of xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome in the Netherlands: retrospective analysis of samples from an established cohort'' [http://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c1018 - (Full Text)] <ref>{{Cite journal | last =Meer | first=Jos W. M. van der | last2=Galama | first2 = Jochem M. D. | last3 = Netea | first3 = Mihai G. | last4 = Bleijenberg | first4 = Gijs | last5 = Swanink | first5 = Caroline M.A. | last6 = Melchers | first6 = Willem J.G. |last7 = Verhaegh | first7 = Gerald W. | last8 = Lanke | first8 = Kjerstin H. | last9 = Jong | first9 = Arjan S. de | date = 2010-02-26 | title = Prevalence of xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome in the Netherlands: retrospective analysis of samples from an established cohort|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c1018|journal=BMJ|language=en|volume=340|pages=c1018|doi=10.1136/bmj.c1018 |issn=0959-8138|pmid=20185493}}</ref> | |||
*2010, (China), ''Failure to detect Xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in Chinese patients with chronic fatigue syndrome'' [http://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1743-422X-7-224 - (Full Text)] <ref>{{Cite journal | last =Hong | first = Ping | last2 = Li | first2 = Jinming | last3 = Li | first3 = Yongzhe | date = 2010 | title=Failure to detect Xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in Chinese patients with chronic fatigue syndrome|url=http://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1743-422X-7-224|journal=Virology Journal|language=en|volume=7|issue=1|pages=224|doi=10.1186/1743-422X-7-224|issn=1743-422X| pmc = 2945957|pmid=20836869}}</ref> | |||
*2010, (Germany), ''No Evidence for XMRV in German CFS and MS Patients with Fatigue Despite the Ability of the Virus to Infect Human Blood Cells In Vitro'' [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3008728/ - (Full Text)]<ref>Hohn, O., Strohschein, K., Brandt, A. U., Seeher, S., Klein, S., Kurth, R., … Bannert, N. (2010). No Evidence for XMRV in German CFS and MS Patients with Fatigue Despite the Ability of the Virus to Infect Human Blood Cells In Vitro. PLoS ONE, 5(12), e15632. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015632</ref> | |||
* 2010, (US), Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus prevalence in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome or chronic immunomodulatory conditions<ref>{{Cite journal | last =Henrich | first = Timothy J.|author-link = | last2 = Li | first2 = Jonathan Z.|author-link2 = | last3 = Felsenstein | first3=Donna | author-link3 = Donna Felsenstein | last4 = Kotton | first4=Camille N. | authorlink4 = | last5 = Plenge | first5 = Robert M. | authorlink5 = |last6 = Pereyra | first6 = Florencia | authorlink6 = | last7 = Marty | first7 = Francisco M. | last8 = Lin | first8 = Nina H. | last9 = Grazioso | first9 = Paul| date = 2010-11-15 | title = Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus–Related Virus Prevalence in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Chronic Immunomodulatory Conditions|url=https://academic.oup.com/jid/article-lookup/doi/10.1086/657168|journal=The Journal of Infectious Diseases|language=en|volume=202|issue=10|pages=1478–1481|doi=10.1086/657168|issn=0022-1899|pmc=2957553|pmid=20936980|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2957553/ (Full text)] | |||
*2011, (Japan), [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3065418/ ''No association of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus with prostate cancer or chronic fatigue syndrome in Japan'' - (Full Text)] <ref>{{Cite journal | last = Furuta | first = Rika A. | last2 = Miyazawa | first2 = Takayuki | last3 = Sugiyama | first3 = Takeki | last4 = Kuratsune | first4 = Hirohiko | last5 = Ikeda | first5 = Yasuhiro|last6 = Sato | first6 = Eiji | last7 = Misawa | first7 = Naoko | last8 = Nakatomi | first8 = Yasuhito | last9 = Sakuma | first9 = Ryuta | date = 2011-03-17 | title = No association of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus with prostate cancer or chronic fatigue syndrome in Japan|url=https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4690-8-20|journal=Retrovirology|volume=8|issue=1|pages=20|doi=10.1186/1742-4690-8-20|issn=1742-4690|pmc = 3065418|pmid=21414229}}</ref> | |||
* | *2011, (US), ''Absence of [[XMRV]] retrovirus and other murine leukemia virus-related viruses in patients with [[chronic fatigue syndrome]]''<ref>{{Cite journal | last =Shin | first = Clifford H. | last2 = Bateman | first2 = Lucinda | author-link2 = Lucinda Bateman | last3 = Schlaberg | first3 = Robert | last4 = Bunker | first4=Ashley M. | last5 = Leonard | first5 = Christopher J. | last6 = Hughen | first6 = Ronald W. | last7 = Light | first7 = Alan R. | authorlink7 = Alan Light | last8 = Light | first8 = Kathleen C | authorlink8 = Kathleen Light | last9 = Singh | first9 = Ila R. | date = Jul 2011 | title = Absence of XMRV retrovirus and other murine leukemia virus-related viruses in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3126563/|journal=Journal of Virology|volume=85|issue=14|pages=7195-202|doi=10.1128/JVI.00693-11|via=}}</ref> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3126563/ (Full Text)] | ||
*2011, (US), [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22312356 ''Failure to Detect XMRV-Specific Antibodies in the Plasma of CFS Patients Using Highly Sensitive Chemiluminescence Immunoassays''] <ref>{{Cite journal | last =Oakes | first = Brendan | last2 = Qiu | first2 = Xiaoxing | last3 = Levine | first3 = Susan | last4 = Hackett | first4=John | last5 = Huber | first5 = Brigitte T. | date = 2011 | title=Failure to Detect XMRV-Specific Antibodies in the Plasma of CFS Patients Using Highly Sensitive Chemiluminescence Immunoassays|url=http://www.hindawi.com/journals/av/2011/854540/|journal=Advances in Virology|language=en|volume=|pages=1–5|doi=10.1155/2011/854540|issn=1687-8639|pmc = 3265317|pmid=22312356}}</ref> | |||
*2011, (Canada), [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219700/ ''No Evidence for XMRV Nucleic Acids, Infectious Virus or Anti-XMRV Antibodies in Canadian Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome'' - (Full Text)]<ref>{{Cite journal | last =Steffen | first = Imke|author-link = | last2 = Tyrrell | first2 = D. Lorne|author-link2 = | last3 = Stein | first3=Eleanor | author-link3 = Eleanor Stein | last4 = Montalvo | first4 = Leilani | author-link4 = | last5 = Lee | first5 = Tzong-Hae | authorlink5 = |last6 = Zhou | first6 = Yanchen | last7 = Lu | first7 = Kai | last8 = Switzer | first8 = William M. | last9 = Tang | first9 = Shaohua | last10 = Jia | first10 = Hongwei | authorlink10 = | last11 = Hockman | first11 = Darren | authorlink11 = | last12 = Santer | first12 = Deanna M. | authorlink12 = | last13 = Logan | first13 = Michael | author-link13 = | last14 = Landi | first14 = Amir | author-link14 = Amir Landi | last15 = Law | first15 = John | author-link15 = | last16 = Houghton | first16 = Michael | author-link16 = Michael Houghton | last17 = Simmons | first17 = Graham | author-link17 = | date = 2011-11-17 | title = No Evidence for XMRV Nucleic Acids, Infectious Virus or Anti-XMRV Antibodies in Canadian Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|url=http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027870|journal=PLoS ONE|language=en|volume=6|issue=11| pages = e27870|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0027870|issn=1932-6203|pmc=3219700|pmid=22114717|quote=|via=}}</ref> | |||
*2012, (US), ''A Multicenter Blinded Analysis Indicates No Association between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and either Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus or Polytropic Murine Leukemia Virus.'' [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3448165/ (Full Text)]<ref name="Alter, et al, 2012" /> | |||
*2014, (Latvia), ''No evidence of [[XMRV]] provirus sequences in patients with [[ME/CFS|myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome]] and individuals with unspecified encephalopathy''<ref>{{Cite journal | last =Rasa | first = Santa | author-link = Santa Rasa | last2 = Nora-Krukle | first2 = Zaiga | author-link2 = Zaiga Nora-Krukle | last3 = Chapenko | first3 = Svetlana | author-link3 = Svetlana Chapenko | last4 = Krumina | first4 = Angelika | authorlink4 = Angelika Krumina | last5 = Roga | first5 = Silvija | authorlink5 = Silvija Roga|last6 = Murovska | first6 = Modra | authorlink6 = Modra Murovska | date = Jan 2014 | title = No evidence of XMRV provirus sequences in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and individuals with unspecified encephalopathy|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24531167|journal=The New Microbiologica|volume=37|issue=1|pages=17–24|issn=1121-7138|pmid=24531167|quote=|via=}}</ref> [http://www.newmicrobiologica.org/PUB/allegati_pdf/2014/1/17.pdf (Full Text)] | |||
*2014, (US), ''No association found between the detection of either xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus or polytropic murine leukemia virus and [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] in a blinded, multi-site, prospective study by the establishment and use of the [[SolveCFS BioBank & Patient Registry|SolveCFS BioBank]]''<ref>{{Cite journal | last =Irlbeck | first = David M. | last2 = Vernon | first2 = Suzanne D. | authorlink2 = Suzanne Vernon | last3 = McCleary | first3 = K. Kimberly | author-link3 = Kim McCleary | last4 = Bateman | first4 = Lucinda | authorlink4 = Lucinda Bateman | last5 = Klimas | first5 = Nancy G. | authorlink5 = Nancy Klimas|last6 = Lapp | first6 = Charles W. | authorlink6 = Charles Lapp | last7 = Peterson | first7 = Daniel L. | authorlink7 = Daniel Peterson | last8 = Brown | first8 = James R. | last9 = Remlinger | first9 = Katja S. | date = 2014 | title=No association found between the detection of either xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus or polytropic murine leukemia virus and chronic fatigue syndrome in a blinded, multi-site, prospective study by the establishment and use of the SolveCFS BioBank | url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4236736/|journal=BMC Research Notes|volume=7|pages=461|doi=10.1186/1756-0500-7-461|via= | last10 = Wilfret | last11 = Gerondelis | first11 = Peter | first10 = David A.}}</ref> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4236736/ (Full Text)] | |||
*2017, (Italy), ''XMRV and Public Health: The Retroviral Genome Is Not a Suitable Template for Diagnostic PCR, and Its Association with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Appears Unreliable''<ref name="Panelli, 2017" /> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5439170/ (Full Text)] | |||
==Learn more== | ==Learn more== | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenotropic_murine_leukemia_virus-related_virus Wikipedia - Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenotropic_murine_leukemia_virus-related_virus Wikipedia - Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus] | ||
*2012, [https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/xmrv-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-update/ XMRV Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Update] | *2011, [http://science.sciencemag.org/content/333/6050/1694.full?sid=b7ed914a-6290-4f3f-a625-2c4d4557472f False Positive] (Science Magazine) | ||
*2011, [http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2011/06/01/xmrv-and-chronic-fatigue-syndr-25/ | *2012, [https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/xmrv-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-update/ XMRV Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Update] (Science Based Medicine) | ||
*2011, [http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2011/ | |||
=== Abbie Smith ERV blog series of XMRV research === | |||
*Jun 14 2010, [http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2010/06/14/xmrv-and-antiretrovirals-1/ XMRV and antiretrovirals] | |||
*Oct 15 2010, [http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2010/10/15/xmrv-and-autism-best-conflict/ XMRV and Autism: Best conflict of interest EVAH!] | |||
*Apr 19 2010, [http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2010/04/19/xmrv-and-chronic-fatigue-syndr-12/ XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome: A Tale of Two Laboratories] | |||
*Feb 25 2011, [http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2011/02/25/xmrv-lab-contaminant/ XMRV = Lab contaminant.] | |||
*May 31 2011, [http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2011/05/31/xmrv-and-chronic-fatigue-syndr-23/ XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome: So long, and thanks for all the lulz, Part I] | |||
*Jun 1 2011, [http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2011/06/01/xmrv-and-chronic-fatigue-syndr-25/ XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome: So long, and thanks for all the lulz, Part II] | |||
*Jun 3 2011, [http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2011/06/03/xmrv-and-chronic-fatigue-syndr-26/ XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome: So long, and thanks for all the lulz, Part III] | |||
*Sep 26 2011, [http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2011/09/26/xmrv-and-chronic-fatigue-syndr-28/ XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome: Isnt that weird?] | |||
*[http://scienceblogs.com/erv/tag/xmrv/ All blogs tagged XMRV] | |||
=== Nevada newsmakers report on XMRV === | |||
*2009, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjNYMxK86tA XMRV explained on Nevada Newsmakers October 2009] | *2009, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjNYMxK86tA XMRV explained on Nevada Newsmakers October 2009] | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Judy Mikovits]] (and her book [[Plague]]) | *[[Judy Mikovits]] (and her book [[Plague]]) | ||
*[[Elaine DeFreitas]] | *[[Elaine DeFreitas]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references> | ||
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Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) is "a laboratory-derived mouse virus that was generated through recombination between two endogenous murine retroviruses during propagation of a prostate cancer xenograft in the mid-1990’s."[1]
Chronic fatigue syndrome[edit | edit source]
An October 2009 paper by Vincent Lombardi, Francis Ruscetti, Jaydip Das Gupta, Max Pfost, Kathryn S. Hagen, Daniel Peterson, Sandra Ruscetti, Rachel K. Bagni, Cari Petrow-Sadowski, Bert Gold, Michael Dean, Robert Silverman, and Judy Mikovits, entitled "Detection of an Infectious Retrovirus, XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome", claimed to have found a link between chronic fatigue syndrome and the presence of the retrovirus.[2] The paper's primary authors were at that time based at the Whittemore Peterson Institute (WPI) in Reno, Nevada, United States. The WPI soon began offering a controversial commercial XMRV testing service.[3][4]
Other labs around the world were unable to detect XMRV in their patient samples. In July 2011 the journal issued an editorial expression of concern about the paper.[5]
The paper was fully retracted in December 2011 by the journal.[6][7]
One of the key scientists involved in efforts to clarify the situation surrounding XMRV, and eventually to debunk the science, was Ian Lipkin of Columbia University in New York.[8]
Doctor Mikovits has maintained her view that XMRV is a public health risk and documents those views in her book Plague with co-author Kent Heckenlively.[9][10]
Mainstream science considers XMRV to be a laboratory artefact and not a threat to human health or related to chronic fatigue syndrome.[citation needed][11]
In May of 2020, Mikovits released a preview for a documentary, Plandemic. It was removed from YouTube, Facebook, and other platforms, as it was flagged as health misinformation.[12]
Notable studies[edit | edit source]
- 2016, Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus (XMRV) and the Safety of the Blood Supply
- 2017, XMRV and Public Health: The Retroviral Genome Is Not a Suitable Template for Diagnostic PCR, and Its Association with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Appears Unreliable
Studies unable to detect XMRV in ME/CFS patients[edit | edit source]
- 2010, (UK), Absence of xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in UK patients with chronic fatigue syndrome[13] (Full Text)
- 2010, (UK), Failure to detect the novel retrovirus XMRV in chronic fatigue syndrome.[14]
- 2010, (Netherlands), Prevalence of xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome in the Netherlands: retrospective analysis of samples from an established cohort - (Full Text) [15]
- 2010, (China), Failure to detect Xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in Chinese patients with chronic fatigue syndrome - (Full Text) [16]
- 2010, (Germany), No Evidence for XMRV in German CFS and MS Patients with Fatigue Despite the Ability of the Virus to Infect Human Blood Cells In Vitro - (Full Text)[17]
- 2010, (US), Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus prevalence in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome or chronic immunomodulatory conditions[18] - (Full text)
- 2011, (Japan), No association of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus with prostate cancer or chronic fatigue syndrome in Japan - (Full Text) [19]
- 2011, (US), Absence of XMRV retrovirus and other murine leukemia virus-related viruses in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome[20] (Full Text)
- 2011, (US), Failure to Detect XMRV-Specific Antibodies in the Plasma of CFS Patients Using Highly Sensitive Chemiluminescence Immunoassays [21]
- 2011, (Canada), No Evidence for XMRV Nucleic Acids, Infectious Virus or Anti-XMRV Antibodies in Canadian Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - (Full Text)[22]
- 2012, (US), A Multicenter Blinded Analysis Indicates No Association between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and either Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus or Polytropic Murine Leukemia Virus. (Full Text)[23]
- 2014, (Latvia), No evidence of XMRV provirus sequences in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and individuals with unspecified encephalopathy[24] (Full Text)
- 2014, (US), No association found between the detection of either xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus or polytropic murine leukemia virus and chronic fatigue syndrome in a blinded, multi-site, prospective study by the establishment and use of the SolveCFS BioBank[25] (Full Text)
- 2017, (Italy), XMRV and Public Health: The Retroviral Genome Is Not a Suitable Template for Diagnostic PCR, and Its Association with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Appears Unreliable[26] (Full Text)
Learn more[edit | edit source]
- Wikipedia - Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus
- 2011, False Positive (Science Magazine)
- 2012, XMRV Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Update (Science Based Medicine)
Abbie Smith ERV blog series of XMRV research[edit | edit source]
- Jun 14 2010, XMRV and antiretrovirals
- Oct 15 2010, XMRV and Autism: Best conflict of interest EVAH!
- Apr 19 2010, XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome: A Tale of Two Laboratories
- Feb 25 2011, XMRV = Lab contaminant.
- May 31 2011, XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome: So long, and thanks for all the lulz, Part I
- Jun 1 2011, XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome: So long, and thanks for all the lulz, Part II
- Jun 3 2011, XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome: So long, and thanks for all the lulz, Part III
- Sep 26 2011, XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome: Isnt that weird?
Nevada newsmakers report on XMRV[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Judy Mikovits (and her book Plague)
- Elaine DeFreitas
- HTLV-1
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "ScienceWatch.com - Clarivate Analytics". archive.sciencewatch.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ↑ Mikovits, Judy A.; Silverman, Robert H.; Dean, Michael; Gold, Bert; Petrow-Sadowski, Cari; Bagni, Rachel K.; Ruscetti, Sandra K.; Peterson, Daniel L.; Hagen, Kathryn S. (October 23, 2009). "Detection of an Infectious Retrovirus, XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". Science. 326 (5952): 585–589. doi:10.1126/science.1179052. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 19815723.
- ↑ ProHealth (August 23, 2010). "WPI-Licensed Test for XMRV & Variants Now Available". Prohealth. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ↑ "XMRV testing in the UK". Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ↑ Editorial Expression of Concern
- ↑ Oransky, Ivan (December 22, 2011). "Chronic fatigue syndrome-XMRV paper retracted by Science, completely this time". Retraction Watch. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ↑ Alberts, Bruce (December 23, 2011). "Retraction". Science. 334 (6063): 1636–1636. doi:10.1126/science.334.6063.1636-a. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 22194552.
- ↑ Callaway, Ewen. "The scientist who put the nail in XMRV's coffin". Nature News. doi:10.1038/nature.2012.11444.
- ↑ "PLAGUE – The Update on XMRV". greenmedinfo.com. July 3, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ↑ Oransky, Ivan (March 11, 2014). "Chronic fatigue syndrome researcher Mikovits, who championed link to XMRV, to publish book". Retraction Watch. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ↑ Enserink, Martin (September 18, 2012). "Final Study Confirms: Virus Not Implicated in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". Science | AAAS. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ↑ Dean, Sam (May 9, 2020). "Facebook and YouTube race to squash viral video full of coronavirus lies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ↑ Groom, Harriet CT; Boucherit, Virginie C.; Makinson, Kerry; Randal, Edward; Baptista, Sarah; Hagan, Suzanne; Gow, John W.; Mattes, Frank M.; Breuer, Judith (February 15, 2010). "Absence of xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in UK patients with chronic fatigue syndrome". Retrovirology. 7 (1): 10. doi:10.1186/1742-4690-7-10. ISSN 1742-4690. PMC 2839973. PMID 20156349.
- ↑ Erlwein, Otto; Kaye, Steve; McClure, Myra O.; Weber, Jonathan; Wills, Gillian; Collier, David; Wessely, Simon; Cleare, Anthony (January 6, 2010). Nixon, Douglas F. (ed.). "Failure to Detect the Novel Retrovirus XMRV in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". PLoS ONE. 5 (1): e8519. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008519. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 2795199. PMID 20066031.
- ↑ Meer, Jos W. M. van der; Galama, Jochem M. D.; Netea, Mihai G.; Bleijenberg, Gijs; Swanink, Caroline M.A.; Melchers, Willem J.G.; Verhaegh, Gerald W.; Lanke, Kjerstin H.; Jong, Arjan S. de (February 26, 2010). "Prevalence of xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome in the Netherlands: retrospective analysis of samples from an established cohort". BMJ. 340: c1018. doi:10.1136/bmj.c1018. ISSN 0959-8138. PMID 20185493.
- ↑ Hong, Ping; Li, Jinming; Li, Yongzhe (2010). "Failure to detect Xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in Chinese patients with chronic fatigue syndrome". Virology Journal. 7 (1): 224. doi:10.1186/1743-422X-7-224. ISSN 1743-422X. PMC 2945957. PMID 20836869.
- ↑ Hohn, O., Strohschein, K., Brandt, A. U., Seeher, S., Klein, S., Kurth, R., … Bannert, N. (2010). No Evidence for XMRV in German CFS and MS Patients with Fatigue Despite the Ability of the Virus to Infect Human Blood Cells In Vitro. PLoS ONE, 5(12), e15632. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015632
- ↑ Henrich, Timothy J.; Li, Jonathan Z.; Felsenstein, Donna; Kotton, Camille N.; Plenge, Robert M.; Pereyra, Florencia; Marty, Francisco M.; Lin, Nina H.; Grazioso, Paul (November 15, 2010). "Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus–Related Virus Prevalence in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Chronic Immunomodulatory Conditions". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 202 (10): 1478–1481. doi:10.1086/657168. ISSN 0022-1899. PMC 2957553. PMID 20936980.
- ↑ Furuta, Rika A.; Miyazawa, Takayuki; Sugiyama, Takeki; Kuratsune, Hirohiko; Ikeda, Yasuhiro; Sato, Eiji; Misawa, Naoko; Nakatomi, Yasuhito; Sakuma, Ryuta (March 17, 2011). "No association of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus with prostate cancer or chronic fatigue syndrome in Japan". Retrovirology. 8 (1): 20. doi:10.1186/1742-4690-8-20. ISSN 1742-4690. PMC 3065418. PMID 21414229.
- ↑ Shin, Clifford H.; Bateman, Lucinda; Schlaberg, Robert; Bunker, Ashley M.; Leonard, Christopher J.; Hughen, Ronald W.; Light, Alan R.; Light, Kathleen C; Singh, Ila R. (July 2011). "Absence of XMRV retrovirus and other murine leukemia virus-related viruses in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome". Journal of Virology. 85 (14): 7195–202. doi:10.1128/JVI.00693-11.
- ↑ Oakes, Brendan; Qiu, Xiaoxing; Levine, Susan; Hackett, John; Huber, Brigitte T. (2011). "Failure to Detect XMRV-Specific Antibodies in the Plasma of CFS Patients Using Highly Sensitive Chemiluminescence Immunoassays". Advances in Virology: 1–5. doi:10.1155/2011/854540. ISSN 1687-8639. PMC 3265317. PMID 22312356.
- ↑ Steffen, Imke; Tyrrell, D. Lorne; Stein, Eleanor; Montalvo, Leilani; Lee, Tzong-Hae; Zhou, Yanchen; Lu, Kai; Switzer, William M.; Tang, Shaohua; Jia, Hongwei; Hockman, Darren; Santer, Deanna M.; Logan, Michael; Landi, Amir; Law, John; Houghton, Michael; Simmons, Graham (November 17, 2011). "No Evidence for XMRV Nucleic Acids, Infectious Virus or Anti-XMRV Antibodies in Canadian Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". PLoS ONE. 6 (11): e27870. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027870. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3219700. PMID 22114717.
- ↑ Alter, Harvey J.; Mikovits, Judy A.; Switzer, William M.; Ruscetti, Francis W.; Lo, Shyh-Ching; Klimas, Nancy; Komaroff, Anthony L.; Montoya, Jose G.; Bateman, Lucinda; Levine, Susan; Peterson, Daniel; Levin, Bruce; Hanson, Maureen R.; Genfi, Afia; Bhat, Meera; Zheng, HaoQiang; Wang, Richard; Li, Bingjie; Hung, Guo-Chiuan; Lee, Li Ling; Sameroff, Stephen; Heneine, Walid; Coffin, John; Hornig, Mady; Lipkin, W. Ian (2012), "A Multicenter Blinded Analysis Indicates No Association between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and either Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus or Polytropic Murine Leukemia Virus", mBio, 3 (5): e00266–12, doi:10.1128/mBio.00266-12
- ↑ Rasa, Santa; Nora-Krukle, Zaiga; Chapenko, Svetlana; Krumina, Angelika; Roga, Silvija; Murovska, Modra (January 2014). "No evidence of XMRV provirus sequences in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and individuals with unspecified encephalopathy". The New Microbiologica. 37 (1): 17–24. ISSN 1121-7138. PMID 24531167.
- ↑ Irlbeck, David M.; Vernon, Suzanne D.; McCleary, K. Kimberly; Bateman, Lucinda; Klimas, Nancy G.; Lapp, Charles W.; Peterson, Daniel L.; Brown, James R.; Remlinger, Katja S.; Wilfret, David A.; Gerondelis, Peter (2014). "No association found between the detection of either xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus or polytropic murine leukemia virus and chronic fatigue syndrome in a blinded, multi-site, prospective study by the establishment and use of the SolveCFS BioBank". BMC Research Notes. 7: 461. doi:10.1186/1756-0500-7-461.
- ↑ Panelli, Simona; Lorusso, Lorenzo; Balestrieri, Alessandro; Lupo, Giuseppe; Capelli, Enrica (2017), "XMRV and Public Health: The Retroviral Genome Is Not a Suitable Template for Diagnostic PCR, and Its Association with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Appears Unreliable", Frontiers in Public Health, 5 (108), doi:10.3389/fpubh.2017.00108