Analysis of semen for provector sequences
. | Week . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject ID no. . | 0 . | 2 . | 6 . | 9 . | 11 . | 17 . | 29 . | 53 . | |||||||
| 02001 | NT | Neg | NA, x2 | Neg | NA | Neg | Neg | NA | |||||||
| 05001 | NT | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | QNS | Off study (1) | |||||||
| 05002 | NT | Neg | QNS, x2 | Neg | QNS | QNS | Neg | Neg | |||||||
| 03001 | NT | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | NA | NA | Neg | |||||||
| 05003 | NT | Neg | Neg | NA | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | |||||||
| 03002 | NT | Neg* | NA | NA | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | |||||||
| 02002 | NT | Neg | Neg† | Neg | Wk 13: Neg | Wk 20: Neg | Neg | Neg | |||||||
| 05004 | NT | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg* | Neg | Neg | Neg | |||||||
| 03003 | NT | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Off study (2) | NA | |||||||
| 05005 | NT | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | |||||||
| 05006 | NT | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | |||||||
| 01001 | NT | Neg | Neg | PosTP | Wk 12: 13, 15: Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | |||||||
| 05007 | NT | Neg | Neg | NA | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | |||||||
. | Week . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject ID no. . | 0 . | 2 . | 6 . | 9 . | 11 . | 17 . | 29 . | 53 . | |||||||
| 02001 | NT | Neg | NA, x2 | Neg | NA | Neg | Neg | NA | |||||||
| 05001 | NT | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | QNS | Off study (1) | |||||||
| 05002 | NT | Neg | QNS, x2 | Neg | QNS | QNS | Neg | Neg | |||||||
| 03001 | NT | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | NA | NA | Neg | |||||||
| 05003 | NT | Neg | Neg | NA | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | |||||||
| 03002 | NT | Neg* | NA | NA | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | |||||||
| 02002 | NT | Neg | Neg† | Neg | Wk 13: Neg | Wk 20: Neg | Neg | Neg | |||||||
| 05004 | NT | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg* | Neg | Neg | Neg | |||||||
| 03003 | NT | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Off study (2) | NA | |||||||
| 05005 | NT | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | |||||||
| 05006 | NT | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | |||||||
| 01001 | NT | Neg | Neg | PosTP | Wk 12: 13, 15: Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | |||||||
| 05007 | NT | Neg | Neg | NA | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg | |||||||
ID indicates identification; NT, not tested; pretreatment samples were tested only if provector sequences were detected in posttreatment samples; Neg, negative, NA, no sample available; subject unable or refused to obtain specimen; QNS, quantity of sample obtained was not sufficient for testing; (1), subject discontinued study for personal reasons; (2), subject was noncompliant, refused to provide samples, and withdrew from study; and PosTP, classified as a “transient positive” due to subsequent negative tests. This sample result of 1 positive of 10 replicates tested translates to a transduction frequency estimate of 1 in 3 million cells.
Reduced limit of target sequence detection.
One primer site showed one tenth positive, but second primer confirmed negative.