Table 3.

Clinical symptoms, seroconversion, and RT-PCR detection of NV in stool samples and hand rinse samples collected from 12 subjects^c

Subject status	Subject ID	Illnessa	Seroconversionb	Stool sample result			Hand rinse sample result
				RT-PCR	RT-qPCR	Max titer (log10/g)	Total no.	No. of Pos RT-qPCRs	No. of Pos Hyb	Mean log10 (no. of GEC/hand)
Infected	34	Yes	Yes	Pos	Pos	8.3	8	2	2	3.94
	36	Yes	Yes	Pos	Pos	8.1	22	12d	18	3.74
	37	Yes	Yes	Pos	Pos	7.4	12	0	1
	40	Yes	Yes	Pos	Pos	7.5	9	0	0
	46	Yes	Yes	Pos	Pos	7.4	8	2	2	3.30
	54	Yes	Yes	Pos	Pos	8.2	12	2	2	4.45
							71	18	25	3.86
Uninfected	38	No	No	Neg	Neg		16	0	0
	41	Yes	No	Neg	Neg		9	0	0
	42	Yes	No	Neg	Neg		17	2	3	2.81
	44	No	No	Neg	Neg		16	0	0
	47	No	No	Neg	Neg		14	0	0
	55	No	No	Neg	Neg		16	0	0
							88	2	3	2.81

^aIllness, ≥3 loose or watery stool samples and/or any vomiting within 24 h.

^b≥4-fold difference between the prechallenge and convalescent-phase serum NV-specific IgG titers.

^cPos, positive; Neg, negative; Hyb, hybridizations.

^dAt least one sample was confirmed positive by sequencing.