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I emailed Judy two days ago and received a reply from her last night. Since I already know that I am positive by serology, I asked when I would know if I have an active infection or not.
As a part of our research study we are screening thousands of patient/control samples for evidence of XMRV infection. XMRV research is in its infancy and essentially nothing is known about the life cycle of XMRV. These are not diagnostics tests nor does any test at this time determine active vs latent infection. We are attempting to isolate and sequence XMRV from as many people as possible. This is time-consuming and costly.
We had obtained a promise from a donor to pay to have these isolates sequenced (it costs ~$2500 per isolate). We have yet to sequence the isolates because of an inability to obtain the funding because of the efforts worldwide to make certain that XMRV has nothing to do with CFS. The WPI has not received any grant funding or promised donations because of the politics.
We appreciate your patience and support and will continue to do everything possible to get answers as soon as possible.
Kind regards,
Judy