TABLE 1.
Serological and molecular biological results
| Serological results |
Molecular biological results |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | HDV Ab | Expected result | Concordance (n/n [%])a | Sample | Genotype | Expected result (log10 copies/ml)b | Concordance (n/n [%])a,c |
| A | Total | Positive | 24/24 (100) | 1 | HDV-1 Eu/As | 4.18 | 6/11 (55) |
| IgM | Positive (weak) | 6/14 (43) | 2 | HDV-1 Eu/As | 5.64 | 8/11 (73) | |
| B | Total | Positive | 24/24 (100) | 3 | HDV-1 Eu/As | 7.55 | 6/11 (55) |
| IgM | Positive | 14/14 (100) | 4 | HDV-1 Afr | 5.06 | 6/11 (55) | |
| C | Total | Positive | 24/24 (100) | 5 | HDV-1 Afr | 6.48 | 6/11 (55) |
| IgM | Positive(weak) | 9/14 (64) | 6 | HDV-1 Afr | 7.52 | 6/11 (55) | |
| D | Total | Negative | 24/24 (100) | 7 | HDV-5 | 4.77 | 5/11 (45) |
| IgM | Negative | 14/14 (100) | 8 | HDV-5 | 6.33 | 7/11 (64) | |
| 9 | HDV-6 | 5.36 | 7/11 (64) | ||||
| 10 | HDV-7 | 6.42 | 6/11 (55) | ||||
| 11 | HDV-8 | 6.07 | 5/11 (45) | ||||
| 12 | Negative control | < 2 | 9/11 (82) | ||||
a
n/n, number of concordant results over the number of participants.
b
Mean of values of 3 different experiments performed by the F-NRC laboratory.
c
Concordance: less than ±1 log10 copy/ml compared to the expected values from the F-NRC lab.