TABLE 6.
MERS-CoV rRT-PCR assay cross-reactivity with other respiratory viruses
| Virus (strain) | Source | rRT-PCR result (CT)a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other respiratory viruses | MERS-CoV |
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| upE | N2 | N3 | |||
| Adenovirus C1 (Ad.71) | Laboratory strain | Pos (13.7) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Coronavirus 229E | Laboratory strain | Pos (9.8) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Coronavirus OC43 | Laboratory strain | Pos (12.9) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Coronavirus SARS (Urbani) | Laboratory strain | Pos (19.2) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Coronavirus HKU1 | Clinical specimen | Pos (20.6) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Coronavirus NL63 | Clinical specimen | Pos (19.9) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Enterovirus 68 | Field isolate | Pos (21.3) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Human metapneumovirus (CAN 99–81) | Laboratory strain | Pos (15.0) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Influenza A H1N1 (A/India/2012) | Field isolate | Pos (14.7) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Influenza A H3N1 (A/Texas/2012) | Field isolate | Pos (10.7) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Influenza B (B/Massachusetts/1999) | Field isolate | Pos (8.4) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Parainfluenza 1 (C35) | Laboratory strain | Pos (16.6) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Parainfluenza 2 (Greer) | Laboratory strain | Pos (16.9) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Parainfluenza 3 (C-43) | Laboratory strain | Pos (15.2) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Parainfluenza 4a (M-25) | Laboratory strain | Pos (16.7) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Parainfluenza 4b (CH 19503) | Laboratory strain | Pos (21.5) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Parechovirus 1b | Field isolate | Pos (16.0) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Respiratory syncytial virus (Long) | Laboratory strain | Pos (15.0) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| Rhinovirus 1A | Laboratory strain | Pos (13.4) | Neg | Neg | Neg |
a
Pos, positive; Neg, negative.