Hundreds request test for Retrovirus
Overwhelmed by requests from people seeking to have their blood tested for a new retrovirus discovered by researchers at the Whittemore-Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease in Reno, the institute has arranged for a local laboratory to do the testing.
The flood of requests for blood tests began after the Whittemore-Peterson Institute published a research study in the Oct. 8 online journal Science that showed the prevalence of the retrovirus XMRV in patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.