TABLE 4.
Detection of RV-A, RV-B, and RV-C in pretreatment samples, posttreatment samples, and samples obtained during treatment in different candidate ESTsa
| Collecting time | RV-A
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No. (%) of samples positive for RV-B by RT-PCR | RV-C
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) of samples positive
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No. of samples positive by CCIF/ no. tested by CCIF (%)c | |||||||
| Seminested PCRb | ELISA | Seminested PCRb and ELISAd | Total | No. (%) of samples positive by seminested PCR | No. of samples positive by CCIF/ no. tested by CCIF (%)c | |||
| Pretreatment (61) | 39 (64) | 0 (0) | 2 (3) | 41 (67) | 21/25 (84) | 0 (0) | 27 (44) | 14/17 (82) |
| During treatment (75) | 29 (39) | 0 (0) | 3 (4) | 32 (43) | NA | 0 (0) | 41 (55) | NA |
| Posttreatment (28) | 14 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 14 (50) | 4/14 (29) | 0 (0) | 12 (43) | 2/12 (17) |
| Total (164) | 82 (50) | 0 (0) | 5 (3) | 87 (53) | 25/39 (64) | 0 (0) | 80 (49) | 16/29 (55) |
a
NA, not applicable.
b
Seminested PCR was performed with primers GA75M/End-9.
c
A set of pretreatment samples and all posttreatment samples with a seminested PCR-positive result were tested by CCIF as indicated in the text.
d
Samples were positive by both ELISA and seminested PCR.