Comparison of assay formats by EC50 values derived for Ribavirin. Data are plotted as % Inhibition of CPE versus log [μM]. (A) EC50 is 36.7 ± 1.7 μM for Ribavirin using the FIC assay. (B) EC50 31.7 ± 1.8 μM for Ribavirin using the virus assay. EC50 values and standard deviations were calculated based on % Inhibition of CPE at 10 concentrations, n = 5, using the four-parameter Levenburg-Marquardt algorithm with the minimum and maximum parameters locked at 0 and 100, respectively. EC50, effective concentration 50%; FIC, frozen infected cell.