TABLE 5.
Analytical sensitivities of LiPA and TRUGENE 5′NC using amplicons from AMPLICOR and AMPLICOR MONITOR HCV tests
| Genotype and HCV RNA concn (IU/ml) | AMPLICOR
|
AMPLICOR MONITOR
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LiPA genotype | TRUGENE genotype | LiPA genotype | TRUGENE genotype | |
| 1a | ||||
| 119,000 | 1a | 1 | 1a | 1 |
| 17,800 | 1a | 1 | NT | NT |
| 4,100 | 1a | 1 | NT | NT |
| <600a | NTb | NT | NT | NT |
| 1b | ||||
| 54,300 | 1b | 1b | 1b | 1b |
| 8,650 | 1b | 1b | NT | NT |
| 730 | 1b | 1b | NT | NT |
| <600a | NT | NT | NT | NT |
| 3a | ||||
| 64,500 | 3a | 3a | 3a | 3a |
| 7,660 | 3a | 3a | NT | NT |
| 770 | 3a | 3a | NT | NT |
| <600a | NT | NT | NT | NT |
a
HCV RNA detected with the AMPLICOR HCV test at a concentration below the limit of quantitation in the AMPLICOR MONITOR HCV test.
b
Not typeable because of insufficient amount of amplicon.