Table 1.

HEV RNA results for the panel of genotype 3a, 3b, 3c, 3e, and 3f strains^a

Strain genotype	Sample dilution	ORF2				ORF3				Difference in [ORF3 − ORF2] (log copies/ml)
		No. of samples tested/no. of positive samples detected	Mean viral load (log copies/ml)	SD (log copies/ml)	CV (%)	No. of samples tested/no. of positive samples detected	Mean viral load (log copies/ml)	SD (log copies/ml)	CV (%)
3a	Undiluted	8/8	4.20	0.19	4.42	8/8	5.51	0.21	3.73	1.32
	1/10	8/8	3.08	0.12	3.74	8/8	4.08	0.18	4.39	1.0
	1/100	8/8	2.24	0.11	4.81	8/8	3.07	0.15	4.99	0.83
3b	Undiluted	8/8	5.13	0.03	0.57	8/8	5.65	0.21	3.66	0.52
	1/10	8/8	4.05	0.11	2.71	8/8	4.31	0.18	4.06	0.26
	1/100	8/8	2.98	0.09	2.88	8/8	3.22	0.09	2.82	0.25
3c	Undiluted	8/8	3.78	0.11	2.93	8/8	5.63	0.09	1.65	1.85
	1/10	8/8	2.66	0.18	6.86	8/8	4.54	0.12	2.63	1.83
	1/100	4/8	1.02	0.27	25.9	8/8	3.44	0.17	4.79	2.42
3e	Undiluted	8/8	3.45	0.18	5.58	8/8	5.66	0.07	1.31	2.21
	1/10	8/8	1.97	0.44	22.2	8/8	4.54	0.10	2.17	2.57
	1/100	1/8	0.60			8/8	3.44	0.09	2.55	2.84
3f	Undiluted	8/8	5.12	0.10	2.05	8/8	6.14	0.13	2.04	1.02
	1/10	8/8	3.99	0.07	1.74	8/8	5.10	0.12	2.27	1.11
	1/100	8/8	2.88	0.17	5.8	8/8	4.04	0.1	2.36	1.15
All samples		109/120	3.15	0.14b	6.5c	120/120	4.56	0.13b	3.03c	1.41d

^aCV, coefficient of variation.

^bMean standard deviation.

^cMean coefficient of variation.

^dMean difference.