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Table 3 Comparison of BLV detection by BLV-CoCoMo-qPCR and nested PCR in cattle from Japan, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and the U.S.A.

From: BLV-CoCoMo-qPCR: Quantitation of bovine leukemia virus proviral load using the CoCoMo algorithm

  

Results of BLV detection by BLV-CoCoMo-qPCR/nested PCR

Country

 

+/+1

-/-

+/-

-/+

 
  

n2

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Total number

Japan

A

50

92.6

2

3.7

2

3.7

0

0

54

Peru

A

7

77.8

2

22.2

0

0

0

0

9

 

B

0

0

5

83.3

1

16.7

0

0

6

Bolivia

A

2

40.0

2

40.0

1

20.0

0

0

5

 

B

4

66.7

2

33.3

0

0

0

0

6

 

C

5

35.7

8

57.1

1

7.1

0

0

14

 

D

16

45.7

16

45.7

3

8.6

0

0

35

Chile

A

11

68.8

4

25.0

1

6.2

0

0

16

 

B

0

0

6

100.0

0

0

0

0

6

 

C

7

70.0

3

30.0

0

0

0

0

10

USA

A

5

100.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

  1. 1+, positive for detection of BLV; -, negative for detection of BLV.
  2. 2n, number of samples with identical decisions based on two methods.