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. 2005 May;43(5):2058–2064. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.5.2058-2064.2005

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