TABLE 1.

Repeatability assay results^a

log10 copies	HIV-1 RNA			HIV-1 DNA			HSV-2 DNA
	CV (%) of CT values	SD of CT values	SD of log10 copies	CV (%) of CT values	SD of CT values	SD of log10 copies	CV (%) of CT values	SD of CT values	SD of log10 copies
5	1.20	0.25	0.014	0.12	0.02	0.003	0.29	0.06	0.005
4	0.78	0.21	0.011	0.33	0.07	0.008	0.31	0.07	0.006
3	1.33	0.41	0.031	0.51	0.16	0.012	0.35	0.09	0.014
2	1.00	0.36	0.099	1.34	0.46	0.057	1.00	0.21	0.112
1	2.18	0.82	0.158	1.17	0.45	0.160	2.87	0.82	0.503

^aRepeatability precision is determined by the CV of C_T values and standard deviation (SD) of the values obtained by 10 simultaneous determinations of serial dilutions from HIV-1 RNA culture supernatant, HIV-1 proviral DNA from 8E5 cells, and HSV-2 DNA from pcDNA3.1/HisC-ul30hsv plasmid.