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. 2003 Dec;69(12):7377–7384. doi: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7377-7384.2003

TABLE 2.

Sensitivities as lower detection limits of infectious Ads by conventional and nested PCR assays for different Ad DNA targets

Ad type Sensitivity (IU)
PCR with E1A primersa Hexon primersb
PCR Nested PCR
Ad2 1 10 0.1
Ad41 0.01 1 0.01
a

PCR with the AdC-E1AF-AdC-E1AR primer pair for Ad2 and the AdF-E1AF-AdF-E1AR primer pair for Ad41.

b

PCR with the Hex1-Hex2 primer pair and nested PCR with the Hex1-Hex3 primer pair.