Table 2.

Results of RT-nPCR, sequencing, and antibody titer of the eight HFRS patients

Patient	Time between symptom onset and sampling of specimens	Specimen type	RT-nPCR		PCR sequencing	IFA IgG	IFA IgM	Total Ig
			L-Seg	S-Seg
1	7	Plasma/urine	−/+	−/−	Hantaan	512	<16	<40
	12	Plasma/urine/saliva	−/−/−	−/−/−		256	<16	N/A
	14	Plasma/urine	+/−	−/−		1,024	<16	<40
2	5	Plasma/urine	−/+	−/−	Hantaan	1,024	<32	N/A
	9	Plasma	−	−		4,096	<32	<40
3	3	Plasma	+	−	Hantaan	<16	<16	<40
	6	Plasma	+	−		128	<16	N/A
	26	Plasma/urine	−/+	−/−		256	<16	<40
	277	Plasma	−	−		128	<16	N/A
4	5	Whole blood/urine	+/+	−/−	Hantaan	128	16	40
	9	Whole blood	+	−		4,096	<32	40
	10	Whole blood/urine	+/−	−/−		2,048	<16	N/A
	12	Whole blood/urine	+/−	−/−		2,048	<32	40
	20	Whole blood/urine	+/−	−/−		2,048	<32	40
	37	Whole blood	+	−		4,096	<32	160
	47	Whole blood	+	−		4,096	<32	N/A
	81	Whole blood	−	−		2,048	<32	<40
5	4	Plasma	+	+	Hantaan	32	<16	320
	7	Plasma/urine	+/+	−/−		512	<16	N/A
	11	Plasma	−	−		64	<16	N/A
6	6	Whole blood	+	−	Hantaan	32	<16	80
	7	Whole blood	−	−		1,024	<16	80
	9	Sputum/urine	+/+	−/−		1,024	<16	40
	19	Saliva	−	−/−/−		1,024	<16	40
7	3	Plasma/urine/appendix	+/+/+	+/−/−	Hantaan	> 256	<16	40
	4	Plasma	+	+		1,024	256	80
	5	Plasma	+	+		512	256	N/A
8	22	Plasma	+	−	Seoul	512	16	2560
	29	Plasma/urine/saliva	−/−/−	−/−/−		1,024	16	N/A
	42	Plasma	−	−		512	16	1280

HFRS = hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; IFA = immunofluorescence antibody assay; L = large; NA = not available; PCR = polymerase chain reaction; RT-nPCR = reverse-transcriptase nested polymerase chain reaction; S = small; Seg = segment.