Table 1.
Comparison of the dynamic range of ISAV segment 8 two tube qRT-PCR with SYBR Green I chemistry and single tube one-step qRT-PCR with TaqMan probe chemistry
| Two tube qRT-PCR with SYBR Green I |
Single tube one-step qRT-PCR with TaqMan probe |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBISA01 (108.75 TCID50/ml) | RPC/NB 04-085-1 (105.75 TCID50/ml) | NBISA01 (108.75 TCID50/ml) | RPC/NB 04-085-1 (105.75 TCID50/ml) | |
| Dynamic range (TCID50/ml) | 100.75 | 100.75 | 101.75 | 101.75 |
| Reliable detectiona limit (TCID50/ml) | 104.75 | 102.75 | 104.75 | 102.75 |
| Reliable detectiona limit (ISAV RNA copy number equivalents/ml) | 5956.4 ± 24.3 | 18568.1 ± 539.1 | 27.7 ± 1.8 | 227.2 ± 55.8 |
Reliable detection is defined as the dilutions run in triplicate giving similar Ct values.