Table 2.
Participants' laboratory results for ELISA and IIFT by serum
Characteristic | Total (n = 737) | MERS-referral hospital (n = 280) | MERS-affected hospital (n = 457) | p |
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ELISA | ||||
OD 50–79% | 7 (0.9%) | 2 (0.7%) | 5 (1.2%) | |
OD >80% | 5 (0.7%) | 1 (0.4%) | 4 (0.9%) | 0.655 |
IIFT positive | 2 (0.3%) | 0 | 2 (0.4%) | 0.528 |
ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; IIFT, indirect immunofluorescence test; MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome; OD, optical density.