. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 9.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 29;102:440–445. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.082

Table 2.

Results of the RT-LAMP assay for all clinical specimens.

Methods		RT-LAMP assay (I)			RT-LAMP assay (II)		Total
		Positive	Negative	Inconclusive^a	Positive	Negative

Real-time PCR assay	Positive	173 (88.3%)	23 (11.7%)	4	191 (95.5%)	9 (4.5%)	200
	Negative	2 (2.9%)	68 (97.1%)	–	0	70 (100%)	70^b

RT-LAMP, reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay. (I) the first interpretation; (II) the second interpretation.

Inconclusive refers to a color in a reaction tube indicating a weakly to moderately positive result, but a banding pattern appearing on the gel not specific for HCV amplification, or vice versa. After RT-LAMP retesting, three samples became positive, while one became negative.

These samples included 20 HIV-infected patient samples, 20 HBV-infected patient samples, and 30 healthy donor samples.