Table 3.
Absence of XMRV in CFS patients from the U.S
| XMRV Positive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | N | pol | pol2 | gag1 | WB |
gag1 RT-PCR |
gag2 RT-PCR |
| Severe CFS | 31 | 0/31 | 0/28 | 0/28 | 0/28 | 0/28 | 0/28 |
| Unclassified CFS | 14 | 0/14 | 0/11 | 0/11 | 0/11 | 0/11 | 0/11 |
| CFS Negative | 42 | 0/42 | 0/9 | 0/9 | 0/9 | 0/9 | 0/9 |
| TOTAL | 87 | 0/87 | 0/48 | 0/48 | 0/48 | 0/48 | 0/48 |
Cooperative Diagnostics pol real-time PCR test, CDC pol (pol2) and gag DNA PCR, gag RT-PCR, and Western blot (WB) results.