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DISEASE X IS PART HIV, PART XMRV AND PART SARS. COVID AND EVERY OTHER LAB MADE DISEASE IS MADE OF THESE.COMING ON US.
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JUDY MIKOVITS DISEASE X
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IN 2010 FAUCCI AND MASS MURDER CREWS STARTED COMING AGAINST DR JUDY.
Detection
of an Infectious Retrovirus, XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients with
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-Vincent C. Lombardi, Francis W. Ruscetti,
Jaydip Das Gupta, Max A. Pfost, Kathryn S. Hagen, Daniel L. Peterson,
Sandra K. Ruscetti, Rachel K. Bagni, Cari Petrow-Sadowski, [...] , and
Judy A. Mikovits +3 authors Authors Info & Affiliations-Science-8
Oct 2009-Vol 326, Issue 5952-pp. 585-589-DOI:
10.1126/science.1179052729407-
Viral Link to Chronic
Fatigue-Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a complex and debilitating
disorder that is often linked to immune system dysfunction but whose
cause(s) remain mysterious. Lombardi et al. (p. 585, published online 8
October; see the Perspective by Coffin and Stoye) now present a
tantalizing new lead. In blood samples from 101 patients with
well-documented CFS, over two-thirds (68) contained DNA from a recently
described human gammaretrovirus, xenotropic murine leukemia
virus–related virus (XMRV), which possesses sequence similarity to a
murine leukemia virus. Cell culture assays confirmed that XMRV derived
from CFS patient plasma and from T and B lymphocytes was infectious.
Although the correlation with CFS is striking, whether the virus plays a
causal role in the disorder remains to be determined. Interestingly,
nearly 4% of the 218 healthy donors tested were positive for XMRV, which
suggests that this virus—whose pathogenic potential is unknown—may be
present in a significant proportion of the general
population.Abstract-Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a debilitating
disease of unknown etiology that is estimated to affect 17 million
people worldwide. Studying peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs)
from CFS patients, we identified DNA from a human gammaretrovirus,
xenotropic murine leukemia virus–related virus (XMRV), in 68 of 101
patients (67%) as compared to 8 of 218 (3.7%) healthy controls. Cell
culture experiments revealed that patient-derived XMRV is infectious and
that both cell-associated and cell-free transmission of the virus are
possible. Secondary viral infections were established in uninfected
primary lymphocytes and indicator cell lines after their exposure to
activated PBMCs, B cells, T cells, or plasma derived from CFS patients.
These findings raise the possibility that XMRV may be a contributing
factor in the pathogenesis of CFS.
Response to Comments on
“Detection of an Infectious Retrovirus, XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients
with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”Judy A. Mikovits and Francis W.
RuscettiAuthors Info & Affiliations-Science-14 May 2010-Vol 328,
Issue 5980-p. 825-DOI: 10.1126/science.1184548-168
Abstract
We
reported the detection of the human gammaretrovirus XMRV in 67% of 101
patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and in 3.7% of 218 healthy
controls, but we did not claim that XMRV causes CFS. Here, we explain
why the criticisms of Sudlow et al., Lloyd et al., and van der Meer et
al. regarding the selection of patients and controls in our study are
unwarranted.Our study (1) documented the presence of a recently
discovered human retrovirus, XMRV, in a high proportion of patients with
chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in comparison with healthy controls.
Sudlow et al. (2), Lloyd et al. (3), and van der Meer et al. (4) raise
concerns about the cases and controls described in our study and thus
the validity of our results. First, we wish to emphasize that our study
was not intended to be a detailed clinical description of CFS or an
epidemiological study that would relate particular symptoms,
demographics, duration, pattern of onset, and the like to the presence
or viral load of XMRV. The study was not, nor was it designed to be, a
case-control study as Sudlow et al. (2) imply, for it was the first
demonstration of the replication and production of infectious XMRV in
human blood cells. The fact that a number of the patients tested were
from regions of CFS outbreaks does not invalidate the clinical
diagnosis. We hope that our report will stimulate the performance of
many case-control studies that use appropriate virus detection. We
certainly recognize that such studies will be required to determine what
role XMRV plays in the pathogenesis of CFS.Samples included in our
study (1) were from CFS patients who fulfilled both the Fukuda criteria
and the Canadian Consensus Criteria (CCC), regardless of severity. We
regret that a sentence in the original supporting online material in (1)
implied that immunological abnormalities were part of the CFS
diagnosis; indeed, while many such patients do exhibit such
abnormalities (5, 6), they were not required for diagnosis. All patients
that met Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and CCC criteria
were accepted; none were excluded. Patient samples were obtained from
2006 to 2009 and stored in the Whittemore Peterson Institute (WPI)
repository. We did not state in Lisbon (7) or elsewhere that the samples
analyzed in (1) were only from patients from documented outbreaks of
CFS, nor did we state that the 101 patients described in (1) exhibited
all the immunological abnormalities described in our Lisbon conference
presentation. In fact, only 25 samples in (1) came from patients
identified during the 1984 to 1988 CFS outbreak in Incline Village,
Nevada. The remaining 76 samples included patients with sporadic cases
from 12 U.S. states and Canada, including California, New York, North
Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan, Oregon, New Mexico, New Jersey, North
Dakota, Texas, and Florida. Patients in the study were 67% female,
reflecting the reported gender incidence of CFS, with an age
distribution of 19 to 75 years of age (mean of 55). The healthy control
population, which was similar in age and gender to the patients, was
composed of healthy people who visited doctors’ offices in the western
United States between 2006 and 2008. The great majority, although not
all, of the patients analyzed were matched in geographic location with
controls. As this was not an epidemiological case-control study, we did
not attempt to discern where the patients believed they contracted CFS;
at the time of sample collection, some were undoubtedly living in an
area different from the location where they first became ill.The
information we provide here and in the accompanying Supporting Online
Material (8) should lay to rest any concerns about “bias” or
“confounding.” Again, the primary aim of the work described in (1) was
not to characterize this clinical condition or to prove a cause for CFS
but to demonstrate the existence of an infectious gammaretrovirus in
patients who had been diagnosed with CFS. We achieved our goal using
four different experimental strategies. The original description of
HTLV-1 and HIV-1 involved only one or two patients (9–12), whereas we
detected XMRV in 75 individuals.We did not state that our study (1)
proves the cause of CFS. A large number of infectious and noninfectious
agents have been implicated in CFS, and it is that fact that makes the
puzzle of CFS all the more difficult to solve. At no time have we wished
to raise false hopes among a group of patients who, in general, have
not been treated well by the medical research community. We are aware
that many different pathogens have previously been reported to be
associated with CFS but have not been proven to be causal.We further
note that no cytokine profiles were presented in (1), nor did we state
that abnormal cytokine levels, altered natural killer cell activity, or
particular RNase L profiles were a requirement for inclusion in the
study. Unpublished comments made during a medical conference (7)
exploring hypothetical connections with immune system defects, viral
reactivation, and malignancies should not be used to judge the merits of
the science in the published paper. Regarding the concern raised by
Sudlow et al. (2) about potential “expectation bias,” we point out that
the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Cleveland Clinic, whose
scientists independently performed experiments and coauthored (1), were
certainly not “established” as laboratories for the purpose of studying
CFS. All samples were blinded, as mandated by the NCI and WPI
institutional review board approvals. All experimental procedures were
done by the same personnel, in the same physical laboratory space, under
identical protocols. Investigators at NCI received 100 samples from
individuals without knowing their health status; furthermore, the
samples were sent to NCI directly without passing through the WPI
laboratory space. Laboratory workers at the NCI and the WPI who
performed the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and immunological studies
used coded, blinded samples that did not reveal the CFS status of the
individuals. The WPI has examined all 218 control and 101 patient
samples by both PCR and serological methods for the presence of XMRV
nucleic acid and antibodies. In addition, NCI used plasma from all 100
samples they received in infection experiments with LNCaP cells. It was
not feasible to examine all 101 patient and 218 control samples with all
four XMRV detection methods described in (1), due to time and resource
constraints.Of the technologies used to identify and isolate XMRV in
patients with CFS, PCR from DNA or cDNA from unstimulated peripheral
blood mononuclear cells is the least sensitive method. We contend that
the three recently published negative PCR studies (13–15) do not qualify
as being studies that fail to replicate our study, as neither the same
PCR methodologies were used nor did these studies draw on the additional
cell culture and immunological methods that we employed to observe XMRV
nucleic acids and proteins. Although we offer to send samples in which
we have detected XMRV, the groups that published these results neither
requested nor analyzed any samples we had found positive for XMRV in our
laboratories.Sudlow et al. erroneously state that we did not consider
alternative explanations for the findings, namely that patients with
poor general health may be more susceptible to viral and other
infections. On the contrary, we raised as a question for future study:
“Is XMRV infection a causal factor in the pathogenesis of CFS or a
passenger virus in the immunosuppressed CFS patient population?” (1). We
recognize that the presence of XMRV could be due to enhanced
susceptibility to retroviral infection after development of CFS. A
causal role of XMRV in CFS is an intriguing possibility, given the known
immunosuppressive, neurotropic, and serious consequences of infection
with other known retroviruses.16-Patent applications were submitted for
XMRV detection methods in CFS by the WPI, a not-for-profit 501c3. J.A.M.
has signed over any personal rights she may have on royalties from
these patents to the WPI.
Researcher who linked chronic fatigue syndrome to mouse virus is arrested
BMJ 2011; 343 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d7573 (Published 22 November 2011) Cite this as: BMJ 2011;343:d7573
Judy
Mikovits, the researcher who led the team that linked a mouse virus
with chronic fatigue syndrome, has been arrested at her home in Ventura,
California.The arrest follows a lawsuit filed against her by her former
employer, the Whittemore-Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease in
Reno, Nevada, which alleges that after she had been fired by the
institute in September she had removed laboratory notebooks and other
information that the institute claims it owns (BMJ 2011;343:d6541, 11
Oct, doi:10.1136/bmj.d6541).Through her lawyer, Lois Hart, Dr Mikovits
has denied the charges. “All of the allegations of theft,
misappropriation, withholding of data and various intellectual property,
and items, are incorrect and untruthful,” Ms Hart wrote in a letter to …
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A
retrovirus associated with cancer is linked to chronic fatigue
syndrome. There is little consensus in the medical community on whether
chronic fatigue syndrome is a distinct disease. As its name implies, the
condition is characterized by debilitating fatigue persisting for many
years, and it affects as much as 1% of the world’s population. Although
chronic inflammation is often found in these patients, no infectious or
toxic agent has been clearly implicated in this disease, which is
diagnosed largely by excluding other conditions that cause similar
symptoms (1). In this week’s Science Express, Lombardi et al. (2)
describe the detection of xenotropic murine leukemia virus–related virus
(XMRV) in about two-thirds of patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue
syndrome. Both laboratory and epidemiological studies are now needed to
determine whether this virus has a causative role, not only in this
disease, but perhaps in others as well. Chronic fatigue syndrome is not
the first human disease to which XMRV has been linked. The virus first
was described about 3 years ago in a few prostate cancer patients (3),
and recently detected in nearly a quarter of all prostate cancer
biopsies (4). It has been isolated from both prostate cancer and chronic
fatigue syndrome patients, and is similar to a group of endogenous
murine leukemia viruses (MLVs) found in the genomes of inbred and
related wild mice. Although a half century of studies on MLVs and other
gammaretroviruses have led to important discoveries on which much of our
current understanding of cancer rests, there has been no clear evidence
demonstrating human infection with gammaretroviruses, or associating
these agents with any human disease. Endogenous viruses, such as
xenotropic MLV, arise when retroviruses infect germline cells. The
integrated viral DNA, or provirus, is passed on to offspring as part of
the host genome (see the figure). Endogenous proviruses form a large
part of the genetic complement of modern mammals—about 8% of the human
genome, for example. Xenotropic proviruses first entered the mouse germ
line about a million years ago, but cannot infect cells of the mice that
carry them because of a mutation in the cellular receptor for the virus
presumed to have arisen after viral entry into the germ line. The
propensity of xenotropic MLVs to infect rapidly dividing human cells has
made it a common contaminant in cultured cells, particularly in certain
human tumor cell lines (5). There is more than 90% DNA sequence
identity between XMRV and xenotropic MLV, and their biological
properties are virtually indistinguishable (6–9), leaving little doubt
that the former is derived from the latter by one or more cross-species
transmission events. There are several lines of evidence that
transmission happened in the outside world and was not a laboratory
contaminant. One is that XMRVs from disparate locations and from both
chronic fatigue syndrome and prostate cancer patients are nearly
identical: The viral genomes differ by only a few nucleotides, whereas
there are hundreds of sequence differences between XMRVs and xenotropic
murine leukemia proviruses of laboratory mice. Other evidence includes
the presence of XMRV and high amounts of antibodies to XMRV and other
MLVs in chronic fatigue syndrome and prostate cancer patients. There is
still much that we do not understand. Whether the virus plays a
causative role in either chronic fatigue syndrome or prostate cancer is
unknown. For example, XMRV infection might, coincidentally, be more
frequent in the same geographical region as a cluster of patients with
chronic fatigue syndrome. And individuals with either disease might be
more readily infected due to immune activation. XMRV might prefer to
grow in rapidly dividing prostate cancer cells (10), and the presence of
rapidly dividing cells in either condition might make infection more
readily detectable. We do not know how the virus is transmitted, and the
suggestion, based on indirect evidence, that there is sexual
transmission (8) is premature. Given that infectious virus is present in
plasma and in blood cells, blood-borne transmission is a possibility.
Furthermore, we do not know the prevalence or distribution of this virus
in either human or animal populations, and animal models for infection
and pathogenesis are badly needed. Two characteristics of XMRV are
particularly noteworthy. One is the near genetic identity of isolates
from different diseases and from individuals in different parts of the
United States. The two most distantly related genomes sequenced to date
differ by fewer than 30 out of about 8000 nucleotides. Thus, all of the
XMRV isolates are more similar to each other than are the genomes
isolated from any one individual infected with the human
immunodeficiency virus. In this respect, XMRV more closely resembles
human T cell lymphotropic viruses (HTLVs) isolated from the same
geographic region (11). As in the case with HTLV, the lack of diversity
implies that XMRV recently descended from a A New Virus for Old
Diseases? John M. Coffin1 and Jonathan P. Stoye21 Department of
Molecular Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA. E-mail:
john.coffin@tufts.edu 2 National Institute for Medical Research, Mill
Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK./ www.sciencexpress.org / 8 October 2009 / Page
2/ 10.1126/science.1181349-common ancestor, and that the number of
replication cycles within one infected individual is limited. Another
notable feature of XMRV is that the frequency of infection in
nondiseased controls is remarkably high—about 4% in both normal
individuals from the same geographic region as infected patients with
chronic fatigue syndrome, and in nonmalignant prostates. If these
figures are borne out in larger studies, it would mean that perhaps 10
million people in the United Sates and hundreds of millions worldwide
are infected with a virus whose pathogenic potential for humans is still
unknown. However, it is clear that closely related viruses cause a
variety of major diseases, including cancer, in many other mammals.
Further study may reveal XMRV as a cause of more than one well-known
“old”disease, with potentially important implications for diagnosis,
prevention, and therapy. References-1. L. D. Devanur, J. R. Kerr, J.
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Include this
information when citing this paper. Path to human infection. Although
xenotropic murine leukemia virus (MLV)—derived from exogenous MLVs that
became established as proviruses in the mouse germ line—can no longer
infect mice, it can infect humans, apparently leading to one or more
cross-species infection events to become XMRV.
Infectious Diseases Dominate WHO's List of 2019 Health Threats-January 23, 2019-Michaela Fleming
WHO
has compiled a list of the top 10 threats to global health in 2019 and 6
of them are infectious disease-related.While the world is facing many
public health threats, the World Health Organization (WHO) has compiled a
list of the top 10 threats to global health to focus on in 2019.The
list contains a number of serious issues from climate change to
inadequate health care facilities. Unsurprisingly, more than half of the
list is made up of infectious disease challenges, both emerging and
historic.
Here is a recap, in no particular order:
1. Global
Influenza Pandemic-As flu season settles in across the world, many
clinicians and patients are questioning just how severe the strains will
be this season.The WHO acknowledges that another flu pandemic is
unavoidable, but the severity and time frame are unknown.The WHO
continues to recommend receiving the influenza vaccine each season and
continues to monitor antiviral treatment throughout the world.In August
of 2018, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices indicated that vaccination
options for the current flu season include the intranasally-administered
live attenuated influenza vaccine and recombinant influenza vaccine as
quadrivalent vaccines, and inactivated influenza vaccines as both a
high-dose IIV trivalent and adjuvanted IIV trivalent.In the latest
Contagion® flu update featuring mid-season estimates from the CDC, it
was reported that there have been approximately 7 million influenza
infections in the US thus far, resulting in an estimated 84,000
hospitalizations.Further, of the 4460 respiratory specimens that tested
positive for influenza in public health and clinical laboratories around
the country, 97.1% were identified as influenza A and 2.5% were
influenza B. Influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 is currently the most predominant
subtype.
2. Antimicrobial Resistance-Unlike the looming influenza
pandemic, antibiotic resistance is happening, and it’s happening now.As
the WHO points out, resistance to rifampicin, the most effective
first-line antibiotic for tuberculosis, occurred in approximately
600,000 cases in 2017. Of those cases, approximately 82% were resistant
to multiple treatment options.The WHO also points out the need to
address the overuse of antibiotics in animals and has indicated a
project to confront this issue by implementing a global action plan
focused on awareness of prudent use of antimicrobials.The WHO is not the
only entity addressing resistance. In September of 2018, the US Food
and Drug Administration announced a comprehensive plan to combat
antimicrobial resistance in the United States.This 3-tiered strategy
includes creating more incentives for antibiotics that tackle resistant
pathogens by “develop[ing] innovative payment mechanisms that allow
companies to capture a greater upfront share of the social value of
antibiotic drug development.”The remainder of the plan focuses on
enhanced stewardship initiatives in veterinary medicine, and an
expansion of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System,
which is designed to track drug resistance in Salmonella, Escherichia
coli, and other harmful foodborne bacteria.
3. Ebola and
high-threat pathogens, including disease X-Ebola is back in the
mainstream news as the North Kivu outbreak in the Democratic Republic of
the Congo, approaches its 6th month. As of January 20, 2019, the WHO
reported 640 confirmed cases and 373 confirmed deaths.In the current
outbreak, the threat of insecurity and violence has impacted the
epidemiologic response, with CDC health workers being removed from the
outbreak zone to prevent any exposure concerns. Additionally, WHO health
workers have been attacked by rebel groups, leading to temporary
evacuations in November, which has resulted in disruptions in
vaccination and contact tracing.The hard-to-contain outbreak is a threat
for global health, as the highly transmissible pathogen can spread more
easily to other continents through air travel. Earlier this year an
American was monitored for symptoms of Ebola following potential
exposure in the outbreak zone. He has since been released by Nebraska
Medical, after determining he was not infected.It raised the concern
though: Are American facilities prepared to accept Ebola patients? In a
2017 survey, described in a new report by the Office of the Inspector
General, 14% of hospital administrators felt their facilities were
unprepared for a patient with Ebola or an emerging infectious disease.
Conversely, 71% of hospital administrators reported that their
facilities were unprepared to receive an Ebola patient in 2014.The WHO
also notes that preparation for disease X, an unknown pathogen that
could cause a severe epidemic, should also be a focus.A simulation
designed to pinpoint the challenges in preparedness and current policies
that need to be addressed in order to prevent a severe pandemic
indicates that the United States is far from ready for a widespread
pandemic with a novel pathogen. The Clade X simulation was conducted by
the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in May 2018 as an exercise
focused on high-level strategies, decisions, and policies that are
needed to prevent a pandemic from spiraling out of control.
4.
Vaccine hesitancy-Vaccine hesitancy is something that made Contagion®’s
own list of infectious disease concerns to follow in 2019. The growing
hesitancy to vaccinate children is a threat that could lead to the
re-emergence of infectious diseases that were previously eliminated in
the United States.Measles is notably making a comeback in the United
States, despite the fact that the disease was considered eliminated by
the CDC in 2000.State health officials are currently monitoring measles
outbreaks in New York, New Jersey, and Washington State.“[Say] an
American child who has not been [vaccinated] goes on a trip abroad and
acquires measles,” William Schaffner, MD, infectious disease specialist
at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and the former president of the
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, told Contagion® in a
previous interview. “They bring it back and then you have an outbreak of
measles, a disease that was totally eliminated.”Additionally, the
European Centers for Disease Control are monitoring measles outbreaks in
more than 30 European countries.
5. Dengue-Dengue, a
mosquito-borne viral infection, is a leading cause of illness and death
in the tropics and subtropics, affecting up to 400 million people
annually, according to the CDC.More than 12,000 cases of dengue
infection occurred in Puerto Rico in 2010, prior to the equally
devastating Zika virus outbreak that affected the country.Furthermore,
dengue was the second most commonly transmitted mosquito-borne disease
in the continental United States according to data reported to the
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System between 2004 and
2016.The WHO notes that a high number of cases occur in the rainy
seasons of countries such as Bangladesh and India. And as the season
lengthens, dengue-related death rates are rising.In response, the WHO
has issued a Dengue control strategy, which aims to reduce
dengue-related deaths by 50% by 2020.
6. HIV-Many advancements
have been made in the field of HIV since the virus was first recognized.
Some of these achievements include the introduction of antiretroviral
therapy, which when taken daily can suppress HIV to levels that are
undetectable while preventing sexual transmission of the
virus.Additional advancements include a range of options to prevent the
acquisition of HIV, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which can
reduce the risk of acquiring HIV by up to 95% when taken daily, or
emergency post-exposure prophylaxis, which can prevent infection if
taken 3 days after exposure for a 28-day period.Although the WHO is
encouraging the integration of HIV treatment with other health services,
the organization is also providing a reminder to all that being aware
of your individual HIV status is critical. According to the WHO, 1 in 4
individuals living with HIV are unaware of their status.To address the
gaps, the WHO has partnered with international organizations to support a
self-testing initiative in several African countries, which not only
provides testing but also links individuals with treatment and
prevention services, which was announced in observance of World AIDS Day
2018 in December.With 6 of the 10 threats on the WHO’s list having to
do with infectious disease, one thing is for sure—2019 will be another
big year for fighting infectious diseases and Contagion® will bring you
each milestone along the way.
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