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Table 1 Correlation of MLV DNA sequence detection with mouse DNA contamination

From: Contamination of human DNA samples with mouse DNA can lead to false detection of XMRV-like sequences

   

CFS Patients

 

Healthy Controls**

 

XMRV GAG

cox

IAP

# of Samples (n = 112)

Percent

# of Samples (n = 36)

Percent

+

+

+

2*

1.8

17

47.2

-

-

-

53

47.3

12

33.3

+

-

-

0

0

0

0

+

-

+

0

0

2

5.6

+

+

-

0

0

0

0

-

+

+

10

9.0

1

2.8

-

-

+

47

42.0

4

11.1

-

+

-

0

0

0

0

  1. *One CFS sample from 2005 collection, and one CFS sample from 2010 collection. All the other CFS samples were collected in 2005.
  2. **All collected in 2009-2010.