[/I][/INDENT]Remember how the retrovirologists keep saying that one of the potential challenges in treating XMRV is that it replicates so slowly, and that poses a problem, because antiretrovirals specifically target the various stages of replication?
Well, I'm a bit angry because some of these folks told other things, like the virus being a weak virus, a funny virus because of it's lack of evolution, totally not comparable to HIV. Many CFS-people really got the wrong impression about this virus.
Now, to me, it looks very much like the HTLV-virus. Not only because of the fact that it replicates so slowly, it causes neuro immune disease. I don't share the optimism of some researchers...
Look at the problem with HIV, the big problem is how to attack the pro-virus, and more importantly, where to attack. With 'where' they mean, where are the hiding reservoirs to attack the virus. Same might be true for XMRV, and there is no drug, yet, to attack these reservoirs. They first need to be identified. So, XMRV might be really an invisible enemy...
But, to end a little optimistic, maybe there are opportunities to treat herpes-viruses like CMV, EBV, HHV6, a.o., because I really think XMRV and other viruses co-operate.
OS.