TABLE 2.

Summary of detection of viral nucleic acid and BDV-specific antisera in blood cell preparations from psychiatric patients and controls

Patient	BDV RNA detected in:					BDV-specific antibodies by:
	Whole blood	Granulocyte fraction		Mononuclear cell fraction		WBa	IFb
		% Purity	PCRc	% of residual granulocytes	PCR
Psychiatric patients
1, sample A	+	92	+	15	−	−	<1:2
1, sample B	+	94	+	22	+	−	<1:2
1, sample C	+	98	+	12	−	−	<1:2
2, sample A	+	94	+	21	+	−	<1:2
2, sample B	+	96	+	11	−	−	<1:2
2, sample C	+	95	+	13	−	−	<1:2
3, sample A	+	97	+	5	−	−	<1:2
Control patients
1	−	97	−	8	−	−	<1:2
2	−	94	−	13	−	−	<1:2
3	−	96	−	9	−	−	<1:2

^aWestern blot data. 

^bImmunofluorescence data. 

^cPCR, reverse transcription-PCR.