Table 3.

Recovery Efficiency Compared with Manual and Between EZ1 Viral Kits

	Serial dilutions
A. Compared to Manual
BP-BAL
Sample	10−1	10−2	10−3*
Manual	100	100	100
EZ1	102	99	102
easyMag	103	100	100
Mpn-ETT
Sample	10−1	10−2	10−3*
Manual	100	100	100
EZ1	95	94	95
easyMag	92	86	n/a†
BK-Plasma
Sample	10−1	10−2	10−3*
Manual	100	100	100
EZ1	103	108	105
easyMag	103	108	102
HSVII-CSF EZ1 viral kit version 1.0
Sample	10−1	10−2	10−3*
Manual	100	100	100
EZ1	103	95	96
easyMAG	103	104	100
B. EZ1 viral kit version 1.0 versus 2.0
EV-CSF EZ1 viral kit version 1.0
Sample	10−1	10−2	10−3*
Manual	100	100	100
EZ1	83	85	87
easyMAG	97	97	96
EV-CSF EZ1 viral kit version 2.0
Sample	10−1	10−2	10−3*
Manual	100	100	100
EZ1	97	98	101
easyMAG	94	95	97

HSVII-CSF, herpes simplex virus II-cerebrospinal fluid; EV, Enterovirus coxsackie A9.

^*10⁻³ dilution represents a Ct of approximately 35.

^†n/a indicates that no samples were positive at that dilution, so recovery efficiency could not be calculated.