Table 3 Discordant results obtained during the clinical evaluation
From: Detection of circulating norovirus genotypes: hitting a moving target
No. | RT-PCR results | Discordant analysis | Interpretation | Comments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Real-time RT-PCR | EP-JV | EP-SR | Result | Genotype | |||
5 | Neg. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | N/A | FP (EP-SR) | Non-specific amplification |
3 | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Neg. | N/A | FP (EP-JV) | Non-specific amplification |
8 | Pos. | Neg. | Neg. | Pos. | GII.7 | FN (EP-JV and EP-SR) | High viral loads (5.28 to 7.78 log10 copies/ml) |
3 | Pos. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | GI.6 | FN (EP-SR) | High viral loads (5.29 to 5.74 log10 copies/ml) |
1 | Pos. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | GI.3 | FN (EP-SR) | Low viral load (2.47 log10 copies/ml) |
1 | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Pos. | GII.15 | FN (EP-JV) | High viral load (6.33 log10 copies/ml) |