XMRV Antiretroviral possible treatment strategies

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http://bexar.tx.networkofcare.org/aging/news/detail.cfm?articleID=25508

and gives possible treatment strategies stated by Dr Mikovitz....

" XMRV is a retrovirus, which puts it in the same viral class as HIV. Mikovits

said that because, in general, XMRV replicates less actively than HIV, highly

active antiretroviral treatment probably is not an optimal treatment for XMRV.

Its lower replication rate also may be the reason that previous attempts to link

CFS to an underlying retroviral infection have been unsuccessful. Two anti-HIV

strategies that do have promise for XMRV are integrase inhibitors and

non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Due to the details of how XMRV

is activated, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and Velcade (bortezomib,

Millennium) also may be candidates for treatment. "