TABLE 3.
TaqMan PCR results in 479 mucocutaneous samples positive or negative by virus culture
| Cell culture | Taqman PCR result
|
Ct (mean ±SEM) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HSV-1 (n = 120) | HSV-2 (n = 143) | HSV-1/ HSV-2 (n = 1) | Negative (n = 215) | ||
| HSV-1 | 93 | 23.7 ± 0.4 | |||
| HSV-2 | 122 | 26.8 ± 0.4 | |||
| HSV-1/HSV-2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Negative | 27 | 21 | 214 | 32.8 ± 0.8 | |
| Ct (mean ± SEM) | 25.5 ± 0.5 | 27.9 ± 0.4 | |||