TABLE 2.
Comparison of detection of dengue 2 virus in acute-phase serum samples by IFA in conventional C6/36-HT tube cell culture and rapid centrifugation assay
| Day | No. (%) of IFA-positive samples (n = 30)
|
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|---|---|---|
| Tube cell culture | Rapid centrifugation assay | |
| 2 | 0 (0) | 5 (16.6) |
| 3 | 4 (13.3) | 16 (53.3) |
| 4 | 11 (36.6) | 18 (60.0) |
| 5 | 17 (56.6) | 22 (73.3) |
| 11 | 17 (56.6) | 22 (73.3) |