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. 2017 Jun 23;55(7):2035–2044. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02469-16

TABLE 1.

Analytical performance of the CNS-TAC assaya

Target Linearity
Accuracy (sensitivity %)
Reproducibility (CV%)
Linearity (R2) Efficiency (%) High concn Low concn High concn Low concn
Bartonella 0.994 99.4 100 80.0 1.6 2.3
Chikungunya 1 virus 0.991 99.1 100 100 1.3 5.7
Chikungunya 2 virus 0.994 99.4 100 100 1.8 5.5
CMV 0.994 99.4 100 100 1.5 4.1
EBV 0.987 98.7 100 100 1.5 6.8
HSV 1 0.987 98.7 96.7 100 2.3 4
HSV 2 0.993 99.3 100 100 0.9 4
Measles virus 0.92 92.0 100 55.0 8.6 6.7
Mumps virus 0.997 99.7 100 100 1.1 2
Mycobacterium tuberculosis 0.993 99.3 96.7 100 1.0 5.1
VZV 0.993 99.3 100 95.0 2.4 2.7
Mycoplasma pneumoniae 0.993 99.3 100 100 1.0 2.9
Nipah virus 0.980 98.0 100 100 1.4 1
Neisseria meningitidis 0.994 99.4 100 100 1.8 4
Pan-dengue virus 0.993 99.3 100 100 2.1 1.7
Haemophilus influenza 0.993 99.3 100 100 1.2 5.2
Parechovirus 0.995 99.5 96.6 85.0 1.9 5.6
Streptococcus pneumoniae 0.992 99.2 100 95.0 1.2 7.4
RNase P 0.993 99.3 100 95.0 1.8 1.6
Acanthamoeba 0.990 99.0 100 100 1.8 4.1
Balamuthia mandrillaris 0.990 99.0 100 100 1.7 5.4
a

High concentration = 1.6 × 10−2 ng/well or 5.3 × 106 copies per well; low concentration = 1.6 × 10−7 ng/well or 54 copies per well. CV, coefficient of variance.