Table 3. Sensitivity and specificity for the identification of SC-EV71 and MC-EV71 strains according to P710/P729/P930 in polyprotein and P272/P488/P700 in 5′-NTR.
| country | SC-EV71 strains | MC-EV71 strains | ||||
| number of strains | sensitivity of 3 positive position in polyprotein | sensitivity of 3 positive position in 5′-NTR | number of strains | specificity of 3 positive position in polyprotein | specificity of 3 positive position in 5′-NTR | |
| Malaysia | 6 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 7 | 57.1% | 28.6% |
| Japan | 1 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0 | - | - |
| Taiwan | 5 | 20.0% | 60.0% | 4 | 75.0% | 0.0% |
| Singapore | 1 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4 | 50.0% | 0.0% |
| South Korea | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Australia | 3 | 33.3% | 100.0% | 1 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Norway | 0 | - | - | 1 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| USA | 2 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0 | - | - |
| China | 6 | 50.0% | 16.7% | 13 | 92.3% | 100.0% |
| total | 25 | 60.0% | 68.0% | 31 | 77.4% | 58.1% |