Table 2.
Comparison of detection of EV71 from clinical specimensa by RT-LAMP assay and rRT-PCR assay
| Result | No. of samples with indicated result by: |
Correlation (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RT-LAMP assayb | rRT-PCR | ||
| Positive | 26 | 28 | 92.9 |
| Negative | 14 | 12 | |
| Total | 40 | 40 | |
a
A total of 40 clinical fecal samples were collected between 2 days and 7 days after the onset of symptoms from suspected HFMD infant patients during epidemics in Guangxi, China (2009 to 2010).
b
In comparison with the rRT-PCR assay, the RT-LAMP assay exhibited a sensitivity of 92.9% and a specificity of 100%.