TABLE 4.
Results obtained for the 12 samples in the panel, infected only with single genotypes
| Sample no. | HCV RNA load (log IU/ml) | Genotype by NS5b-based genotyping | No. of samples
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| NS5b-based genotyping (n = 10)
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5′ NC-region-based genotyping (n = 7)
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| Correct resultsa | Incomplete results | Misclassified samples | False-positive results | False-negative results | Correct resultsa | Incomplete results | Misclassified samples | False-positive results | False-negative results | |||
| 1 | 4.01 | 3a | 7 (70) | 3 | 6 (86) | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 4.93 | 1a | 6 (60) | 4 | 6 (86) | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | 5.39 | 2a | 9 (90) | 1 | 2 (29) | 5 | ||||||
| 4 | 0 | Negative | 10 (100) | 6 (86) | 1 (1b)b | |||||||
| 5 | 5.62 | 4a | 7 (70) | 1 (4c)b | 2 | 2 (29) | 4 | 1 (4c)b | ||||
| 6 | 3.41 | 4a | 1 (10) | 9 | 5 | 1 (4c)b | 1 | |||||
| 7 | 3.33 | 1a | 7 (70) | 1 (1b)b | 2 | 1 | 5 (1b)b | 1 | ||||
| 8 | 6.00 | 1a | 10 (100) | 5 (71) | 2 | |||||||
| 10 | 5.44 | 2b | 10 (100) | 5 (71) | 2 | |||||||
| 12 | 5.68 | 1b | 9 (90) | 1 | 6 (86) | 1 | ||||||
| 13 | 5.86 | 3a | 10 (100) | 5 (71) | 2 | |||||||
| 15 | 6.65 | 5a | 10 (100) | 6 (86) | 1 | |||||||
| Totalc | 96/120 (80) | 2/120 (1.7) | 22/120 (18.3) | 49/84 (58.3) | 25/84 (29.7) | 7/84 (8.3) | 1/84 (1.2) | 2/84 (2.4) | ||||
a
Values in parentheses in this column are in percent.
b
Designations in parentheses are the genotype identified.
c
Data represent the total number of samples with the indicated result/total number of results (percent).