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Table 3. EQA results with IgG detection methods.

		sample n^°
Lab n^°	method	#13	#2	#12	#6	#14	#8	#9	#11	#4	#10	#1	#3	#7	#5	score
9	IBA^°	all +	all +	all +	all +	all +	P+	P+	P+	D+	D+	P+	neg	neg	neg	25
11	IBA^°	P/D+	P/D+	P/D+	P/D+	P/D+	P/D+	P+	P+	H/D+	H/D+	P+	neg	neg	neg	25
15 A	IBA^°	P/D+	P/D+	P/D+	P/D+	P+/−	P+/−	P+	P+	D+	D+	P+	neg	neg	neg	25
15 B	IFA^°	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+	D+	D+	P+	neg	neg	neg	25
16 B	IFA^°	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+	D+	D+/−	P+	neg	neg	neg	25
16 C	IBA^°	all +	all +	all +	P+	P+	P+	P/SN+	P+	D+	D+	P+	neg	neg	neg	25
20	EIA^/IFA^	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+	D+	D+	P+	neg	neg	neg	25
6	EIA^°/IFA^°	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+/−	P+	P+	D+	H+/−	P+	neg	neg	neg	24
26	IBA^°	P/D+	P/D+	H+	P+	P+/−	P+/−	P+	P+	D+/−	D+/−	P+	neg	neg	neg	24
27	IFA^*	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+/−	P+	P+	P+	D+	neg	P+	neg	neg	neg	23
8	IFA^*	P/D+	P/D+	P/D+	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+	D+	neg	P+	neg	neg	neg	23
3	IFA^*	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+	P+	neg	SE+	neg	P+	neg	neg	neg	20
24	IFA^°/IBA^°	P+	D+	P+	D+	P+	D+	P+	P+	D+	H+	P+	neg	H+	neg	20
1 A	EIA^°	P+	P+	P+	P+/−	P+	P+	P+	neg	neg	neg	P+	neg	neg	P+/−	18
4	EIA^°	neg	H+	P+	P+	neg	P+/−	P+	neg	D+	neg	P+	neg	neg	neg	16
23	EIA^/IFA^	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	neg	P+	P+	H+	H+	P+	neg	neg	neg	16
12	IFA^°	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	neg	neg	neg	14
14	EIA^°	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+/−	H+	neg	neg	neg	14
16 A	EIA^°	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+/−	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	neg	neg	neg	14
19	EIA^*	H+	H+	H+	H+	neg	H+/−	H+	H+	D+	H+	H+	neg	neg	neg	14
28	EIA^°	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+/−	H+	neg	neg	neg	14
5 B	EIA^*	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+/−	H+	H+/−	H+	neg	H+	neg	neg	neg	13
18	EIA^°	H+	P+	H+	H+	H+/−	neg	H+	H+/−	P+	neg	H+	neg	neg	neg	13
21	IFA^°	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	neg	H+/−	neg	13
5 A	IFA^°	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	neg	12
10	EIA^°	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+/−	neg	H+	H+	H+	neg	H+	neg	neg	neg	12
25	IFA^*	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	neg	H+	H+	neg	neg	12
7	EIA^°	H+	H+	H+	H+	neg	neg	H+	H+	H+	neg	H+	neg	neg	neg	11
13	EIA^°	H+	H+	H+	H+/−	H+/−	neg	H+	neg	H+	neg	H+	neg	neg	neg	11
22	EIA^°	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	neg	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+	H+/−	H+/−	neg	11
17	IFA^*	H+	H+	H+	H+	neg	neg	H+	neg	H+	neg	H+	neg	neg	neg	10
2	EIA^°	P+	neg	neg	neg	neg	neg	neg	neg	neg	neg	P+	neg	neg	neg	7
1 B	EIA^°	neg	neg	neg	neg	H+/−	H+/−	neg	neg	H+/−	neg	neg	neg	neg	H+	5

EIA: enzymatic immunofluorescence assay; IFA: immunofluorescence assay; IBA: immunoblot assay.

neg: negative result; N.A.: not available;

*: : in house assay;

°: : commercial assay.

P: Puumala virus; D: Dobrava-Belgrade virus; SN: Sin Nombre; SE: Seoul virus; H: hantavirus.

bold: correct result; normal: incorrect result.