Table 5.

Analytical sensitivity of influenza A RT-qPCR between the laboratory-based CFX opus Real-Time PCR system and the portable MIC PCR system. Sample with Cq ≤ 45 is considered positive of AIV.

	CFX Opus		MIC
AIV RNA dilution	Mean Cq	No. of positive	Mean Cq	No. of positive
10− 1	21.9	3/3	20.11	3/3
10− 2	25.43	3/3	23.77	3/3
10− 3	28.9	3/3	27.29	3/3
10− 4	32.73	3/3	31.21	3/3
10− 5	36.99	3/3	35.13	3/3
10− 6	0	0/3	0	0/3
10− 7	0	0/3	39.28	1/3
10− 8	0	0/3	0	0/3