Table 1.

Comparison of the POCKIT DENV Reagent Set with a laboratory-developed rRT-PCR

DENV rRT-PCR		Viral load	Results, POCKIT DENV
Result	N	Median (range)*	Detected, n	Sensitivity (%)
DENV positive	78	5.2 (2.7–10.8)	68	87.2
DENV-1	24	5.3 (2.7–9.3)	20	83.3
DENV-2	33	4.4 (2.8–10.8)	29	87.9
DENV-3	18	6.8 (4.2–9.5)	16†	88.9
DENV-4	3	4.8 (4.8–5.5)	3	100
DENV negative	55	–	1‡	–

DENV = dengue virus; rRT-PCR = real-time reverse transcriptase PCR.

^*Determined by rRT-PCR, expressed as log₁₀ copies/mL of serum.

^†One eluate each from plasma and whole blood tested negative (viral loads 4.2 and 5.4 log₁₀ copies/mL, respectively).

^‡Specificity, 98.2%.