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. 2014 Aug 28;2(10):813–822. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(14)70158-4

Table.

Statistical significance of differences between virus titres

EMC AH13 AH19D
Multiplicity of infection of 0·01
24 h
AH13 0·032* .. ..
AH19D 0·004* >0·99 ..
NRCE-HKU270 >0·99 0·002 0·0003
48 h
AH13 >0·99 .. ..
AH19D 0·0010* 0·0031* ..
NRCE-HKU270 <0·0001 <0·0001 <0·0001
72 h
AH13 >0·99 .. ..
AH19D <0·0001* <0·0001* ..
NRCE-HKU270 0·4562 0·249 0·015*
Multiplicity of infection of 2
24 h
AH13 <0·0001* .. ..
AH19D <0·0001* 0·329 ..
NRCE-HKU270 0·639 <0·0001 <0·0001
48 h
AH13 >0·99 .. ..
AH19D 0·0486* 0·8686 ..
NRCE-HKU270 0·8686 0·0486 0·0009
72 h
AH13 0·8686 .. ..
AH19D 0·0209* 0·0003* ..
NRCE-HKU270 0·1593 0·0035* >0·99

Table shows p values for significance of differences between virus titres at each timepoint. EMC=human MERS-CoV Erasmus Medical Center. AH13=MERS-CoV Dromedary/Al-Hasa-KFU-HKU13/2013. AH19D=MERS-CoV Dromedary/Al-Hasa-KFU-HKU19D/2013. NRCE-HKU270=MERS-CoV Dromedary/Egypt-NRCE-HKU270/2013. MERS-CoV=Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus.

*

Reference virus titre (row) significantly lower than the comparator (column).

Reference virus titre (row) significantly higher than the comparator (column).