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TABLE 2.

Summary of clinical serum specimens from a single patient tested by plaque assay, Q-RT PCR, and antigen-capture ELISA

Sample no. Plaque assay result (PFU/ml) Q-RT-PCR result (RNA copies/ml) Antigen-capture ELISA result (ODsum)
1469 5 × 101 2.0 × 105 0.11
1522 1.5 × 104 1.8 × 107 0.82
1527 4.3 × 105 4.0 × 108 3.54
1591 1.6 × 106 3.3 × 109 7.38
1612 5.3 × 105 2.5 × 108 7.46
Stock virus 3.7 × 105 3.5 × 109 NDa
a

ND, not determined.