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. 2017 Oct 24;55(11):3219–3226. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00987-17

TABLE 2.

Summary of EQA test outcomes per sample

Sample no. Strain or sample No. of copies/0.2 ml No. of tests with:
Total % of tests with correct result
Correct result Inconclusive result False-positive result
4 ZIKV (Asian lineage) 5.54E+6 83 0 2 97.6
5 ZIKV (Asian lineage) 3.62E+4 67 1 17 78.8
6 ZIKV (Asian lineage) 3.62E+2 45 1 39 52.9
7 ZIKV (African lineage) 1.2E+6 80 2 3 94.1
8 ZIKV (African lineage) 8.3E+3 56 2 27 65.9
11 ZIKV (Asian lineage) 2.5E+8 85 0 0 100
1 Chikungunya virus (Asian lineage) 2.05E+5 84 1 0 98.8
2 Yellow fever virus 8.53E+6 84 1 0 98.8
3 Dengue virus type 1 5.84E+4 80 1 4 94.1
9 Negative-control plasma 84 0 1 98.8
10 Negative-control plasma 83 0 2 97.6
12 Negative-control urine 75 2 7 89.3a
a

The total percentage of 84 tests conducted with the correct result (all others based on the total of 85 tests).