TABLE 3.

Genotype 1 specimens with discordant results at the subtype level among the three compared methods and corresponding confirmatory results

Specimen	Genotype bya:
	Compared method			Confirmatory method (NS5b sequencing)
	5′NC reverse hybridization	5′NC sequencing	5′NC and NS5b real-time PCR
1	-	1a	1b	1b
2	-	1a	1b	1b
3	-	1a	1b	1b
4	-	1a	1b	1b
5	-	1b	1a	1a
6	-	1b	1a	1a
7	-	1b	1a	1a
8	-	1b	1a	1a
9	-	1b	1a	1a
10	-	1b	1a	1b
11	-	1b	1b/1a	1b
12	1a/4b	-	1b	1b
13	1b	-	1a/1b	1b

^a-, not performed.

^bMixed-genotype infection confirmed by cloning and pyrosequencing.