| Title |
No Biological Evidence of XMRV in Blood or Prostatic Fluid from Prostate Cancer Patients
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0036073 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ramon Mendoza, Robert H. Silverman, Eric A. Klein, A. Dusty Miller |
| Abstract |
XMRV (xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus) was initially discovered in association with prostate cancer and later with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Its association with CFS is now largely discredited, and current results support a laboratory origin for XMRV with no reproducible evidence for infection of humans. However, some results indicating the presence of XMRV in prostate cancer are difficult to attribute to sample contamination. Here we have sought biological evidence that might confirm the presence of XMRV in prostate cancer samples previously having tested positive. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | 4% |
| Denmark | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 21 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 13% |
| Professor | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 2 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 7 | 30% |
| Unknown | 3 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 30% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 9% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 4% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 4 | 17% |
| Unknown | 5 | 22% |