No Borna disease virus-specific RNA detected in blood from psychiatric patients in different regions of Germany

Lieb et al used nested, reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to analyze the prevalence of Borna disease virus (BDV) in samples of whole peripheral blood from 159 psychiatric patients. BDV may infect humans and cause psychiatric disorders, but the screening by nested reverse-transcri...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 1997-10, Vol.350 (9083), p.1002-1002
Hauptverfasser:	Lieb, Klaus, Hallensleben, Wiebke, Czygan, Martin, Stitz, Lothar, Staeheli, Peter
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal viral diseases Biological and medical sciences Infectious diseases Medical sciences Medical screening Mental disorders Ribonucleic acid RNA Tropical medicine Viral diseases Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:	Lieb et al used nested, reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to analyze the prevalence of Borna disease virus (BDV) in samples of whole peripheral blood from 159 psychiatric patients. BDV may infect humans and cause psychiatric disorders, but the screening by nested reverse-transcriptase-PCR is not a reliable diagnostic method for identifying infected individuals.
ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(05)64066-4