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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Virol Methods. 2009 Feb 24;159(1):10–14. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2009.02.015

Table 1.

Comparison of the predicted 95% probability of detection between specimen types.

Specimen type 95% Limit of detection (95% fiducial limits) (copies/mL)
Plasma 13.1 (12.1–14.4)
PBMCs 17.2 (10.6–38.9)
1:5 Seminal plasma 65.4 (37.0–182.5)
1:2 Saliva 25.7 (18.8–40.6)
1:10 Whole blood 293.7 (205.2–812.7)
Whole dried blood spot 2384 (1567–4897)
Single punch dried blood spot 10217 (5874–26645)