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. 2013 Jul 24;8(7):e69632. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069632

Table 1. Evaluation of the PrPTSE detection assay on human blinded panel (NIBSC).

Biological materials Dilutions Positive
vCJD brain spiked in plasma 10−2 4/4
10−3 4/4
10−4 4/4
10−5 3/8
10−6 1/4
10−7 0/4
10−8 0/8
vCJD spleen spiked in plasma 10−1 4/4
10−2 0/4
10−3 0/8
10−4 0/4
10−5 0/4
Control brain spiked in plasma 10−2 0/4
10−3 0/4
10−4 0/4
Control spleen spiked in plasma 10−1 0/4
10−2 0/4
Control Plasma 0/16

All the controls were collected from individuals showing no sign of vCJD (brain, spleen and plasma).