Table 1.
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 targets at different dilutions tested by RT-ddPCR. Average and range of N1 copies, N2 copies, N1 positive droplets, N2 positive droplets, and total droplets for LOD experiments with known SARS-CoV-2 virion copies, as indicated.
SARS-CoV-2 Copies Input | N1 copies detected /reaction | N2 copies detected /reaction | N1 positive droplets | N2 positive droplets | Total Droplets |
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80 | 80.7 (80–82) | 91.0 (78–101) | 49.7 (39–56) | 57.0 (38–71) | 14,537 (11519–16535) |
40 | 58.3 (53–66) | 63.0 (60–66) | 37.7 (34–41) | 40.7 (38–43) | 15,261 (14656–16092) |
20 | 24.7 (19–31) | 20.3 (20–21) | 15.3 (11–20) | 12.3 (12–13) | 14,441 (13507–15383) |
10 | 9.7 (7–16) | 12.7 (11–14) | 6.0 (4–10) | 8 (7–9) | 14,653 (14377–15103) |
5 | 9.3 (7–12) | 7.0 (5–8) | 5.7 (4–7) | 4.3 (3–5) | 14,059 (12848–15280) |
0 | 0.8 (0–4) | 0 (0) | 0.4 (0–2) | 0 (0) | 14,821 (12646–16887) |
NTC | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 16,555 (15492–18412) |