XMRV, a recently discovered human retrovirus:

What do we know about it?

9 juni 2011, 16:00 – 19:00

Auditorium Brouwer

Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie

Vrije Universiteit Brussels

Laarbeeklaan 103 – 1090 Brussel

info: marleenvl@ehmb.be

Chairman:

Francis W. Ruscetti PhD (National Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)

Speakers:

• Judy A. Mikovits PhD (W.P.I., University of Nevada, U.S.A.)
  
  XMRV and other gammaretroviruses (HGRVs) in neuro-immune diseases

• Maureen Hanson PhD (Cornell University, U.S.A.)
  
  Assays for MLV-like virus sequences in a New York CFS cohort

• Cecilia Cabrera PhD (Irsi Caixa Foundation, Badalona, Spain)
  
  Infection of Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-related virus in human lymphoid tissue

• Kenny De Meirleir M.D., PhD (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
  
  Prevalence of XMRV in CFS/ME and in healthy blood donors

Aanvullende info:

The 15th International Conference on Human Retroviruses: HTLV and Related Viruses will be held in Leuven, Belgium, June 5-8, 2011.

Aansluitend op dit congres volgt dus een symposium over het XMRV virus omdat er tijdens de internationale conferentie niet veel gezegd kan worden over dit virus.