XMRV Update, Plus - A Possible New Treatment

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XMRV Update, Plus - A Possible New Treatment

Source: Endfatigue.com

A new study is out this week in the Journal of Virology, done by researchers I

respect from the University of Utah, Fatigue Consultation Clinic, and ARUP

Laboratories. The study was well done and did not find XMRV present in CFS

patients. This important study looked at 100 CFS patients and 200 controls. In

addition, 14 patients who had positive tests for XMRV at WPI, including two in

the original WPI study, also tested negative for XMRV in this study.

So what does this all mean? On one level, likely one of two things:

Either it takes the specialized testing done at the WPI to detect the virus, OR

Positive findings in the Mikovits and Alter studies were the result of

contamination.

What does it not mean that this study did not find XMRV?

It does not say anything about whether CFS & fibromyalgia are real. There are

many studies showing numerous infections in CFS/FMS, as is expected in an immune

disorder. Treating these infections and the immune dysfunction is an important

part of treatment (remember, the " I " in SHINE stands for Infections in the

" SHINE Treatment Protocol " ). The study also does not change treatment at this

time, as we do not recommend the AIDS antivirals that might work against XMRV.