Table 2.

Comparison of Moore swab sampling technique and autosampler.

Date	ORF1ab of swab	ORF1ab of auto	N gene of swab	N gene of auto	S gene of swab	S gene of auto
23 February 2023	32.001	32.543	32.719	33.390	31.571	30.163
27 February 2023	33.361	32.085	33.638	34.101	33.663	30.564
2 March 2023	32.753	32.111	36.441	33.578	31.223	31.115
6 March 2023	30.408	29.154	28.942	28.352	30.082	29.475
9 March 2023	30.848	31.617	29.348	29.414	31.593	31.449
13 March 2023	30.443	29.882	28.884	28.241	31.170	30.266
15 March 2023	31.665	29.841	30.119	28.559	31.348	29.577
16 March 2023	31.606	31.185	30.579	29.571	30.761	31.431

The Ct-value of the target genes detected using autosampler and Moore swab sampling technique. The Ct values of the target genes between autosampler and swab sampling technique were not significantly different (ORF1ab, p = 0.1386; N gene, p = 0.0858; S gene, p = 0.1386).