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The saga of XMRV: a virus that infects human cells but is not a human virus

Maribel AriasCancer Research Institute and Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3905, USA
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Hung FanCancer Research Institute and Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3905, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1-6 | Received 23 Sep 2015, Accepted 02 Nov 2015, Published online: 25 Jan 2019

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