TABLE 2.
Nominal concn (log10 IU/ml) | Viral load (log10 IU/ml) by assay
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Roche Monitora | Bayer bDNA | Roche RT-PCR | Abbott RT-PCR | |
1.0 | 1.17 | 0.99 | ||
1.5 | 1.96 | 1.59 | ||
2.0 | 2.51 | 2.17 | ||
2.5 | 2.87 | 2.59 | ||
3.0 | 2.86 | 3.32 | 3.16 | |
4.0 | 4.17 | 3.95 | 4.19 | 4.25 |
4.5 | 4.61 | |||
5.0 | 5.03 | |||
5.5 | 5.58 | 5.39 | 5.65 | 5.63 |
6.0 | 6.14 | 5.87 | 6.19 | 6.17 |
6.5 | 6.59 | 6.32 | 6.69 | 6.68 |
7.0 | 7.06 | —b | 7.19 | 7.30 |
Samples with a viral load of greater than 5.0 log10 IU/ml were diluted 1:100 and retested.
—, Eighteen of 28 samples were >6.89 log10 IU/ml.