FIG. 1.

Results of retest of untypeable NPEV by use of the coxsackievirus IFA typing kit set 1. (Upper panel) Pie charts display the percentages of enteroviruses taken from patient specimens of throat swabs, rectal swabs, nasopharyngeal swabs, stool, and CSF by the virology laboratory network and reported to CDC Taiwan from 2002 to 2006. The specific serotype is indicated if the rate was higher than 10%. “Others” include all other serotypes that were reported at rates lower than 10%. Untypeable NPEV are indicated by the black portions of the charts. (Lower panel) Pie charts indicating the changes in identification rates for untypeables after the specimens were retested with the designed kit.