TABLE 3.
Distribution of IgM antibodies among the samples screened by the VI and RT-PCR methods
PCR result | No. of specimens with indicated VI resulta
|
Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | ||
Positive | 12 (3, 9) | 8 (0, 8) | 20 |
Negative | 5 (5, 0) | 268 (56, 212) | 273 |
Total | 17 | 276 | 293 |
Numbers in parentheses are numbers of samples that were IgM positive and negative, in that order.