Seminar XMRV -Novel Retrovirus -Oslo ESME

[Guest guest]

(Hege Renate -)

XMRV in CFS/ME and in other diseases Professor

Kenny De Meirleir, Vrije Universiteit Brussel,

Belgium Question and answer session. Topics

covered in this seminar : What is the Xenotropic

MurineLeukemia Virus-related Virus ? ...

http://www.tiredofme.com/2010/05/esme-european-society-for-me-seminar.html

20. mai 2010

ESME European Society for

ME Seminar : 'XMRV' : a novel

retrovirus' What clinicians

should know about it.

Oslo, Friday May 28, 2010

Rikshospitalet, Auditorium A3.3067

12.00 – 14.00 (noon – 2 pm)

Introduction

....Professor Fredrik Müller, department of

microbiology, Rikshospitalet, Oslo

What is XMRV ? Dr. med. ,

Incline Village, Nevada, USA

XMRV in CFS/ME and in other diseases

Professor Kenny De Meirleir, Vrije

Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Question and answer session

Topics covered in this seminar:

What is the Xenotropic MurineLeukemia

Virus-related Virus ?

Its estimated prevalence

How is XMRV transmitted (little which is know

about it)

Current testing Blood bank surveillance and

recommendations

Current treatment trials Current and future trials

Clinical experience to date Monkey studies

CFS/ME studies Prostate cancer studies

Vaccine – possible ?

European planned basic and clinical studies