TABLE 4.
Genotype 2 specimens with discordant results at the subtype level among the three compared methods and corresponding confirmatory results
| Specimen | Genotype by:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compared methoda
|
Confirmatory method (NS5b sequencing) | |||
| 5′NC reverse hybridization | 5′NC sequencing | 5′NC and NS5b real-time PCR | ||
| 1 | - | 2a/2c | 2b | 2b |
| 2 | - | 2a/2c | 2a | 2c |
| 3 | - | 2a/2c | 2a | 2c |
| 4 | - | 2a/2c | 2a | 2c |
| 5 | - | 2a/2c | 2a | 2j |
| 6 | 2 | 2c | 2a | 2i |
| 7 | 2ac | 2c | 2a | 2b |
| 8 | 2ac | - | 2a | 2a |
| 9 | 2ac | - | 2a | 2a |
| 10 | 2ac | - | 2a | 2c |
| 11 | 2ac | - | 2a | 2c |
| 12 | 2ac | - | 2a | 2c |
| 13 | 2ac | - | 2a | 2i |
| 14 | 2ac | - | 2a | 2j |
| 15 | 2ac | - | 2a | 2j |
| 16 | 2ac | - | 2a | 2j |
a
-, not performed.
b
Specimen classified as a putative new subtype.