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. 2001 Nov;39(11):4005–4012. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.11.4005-4012.2001

TABLE 6.

Summary of results for specimens that were discordant in the AMPLICOR HCV v2.0 tests

Site Specimen no. Specimen type AMPLICOR COBAS AMPLICOR EIA RIBA APS RT-PCR
VCU 254  Serum (frozen) Negative Positive Positive Positive Positivea
UM 62   Serum (frozen) Positive Negative Positive Positive Negative
UM 209  Serum (frozen) Positive Negative Negative NDb Negative
UW 35   Serum (frozen) Positive Negative Negative ND Positivec
UW 1157 Plasma (ACD) Positive Negative Negative ND Negative
a

Positive in 5′ UTR, core, and E1 APS RT-PCR. 

b

ND, not determined. 

c

Positive only in the E1 APS RT-PCR.