| Triplex real-time PCR | Two step nest PCR | Agreement |
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 | Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative |  |
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Ad2 | 42 | 94 | 43 | 93 | 99.26% |
Ad3 | 40 | 96 | 44 | 92 | 97.05% |
Ad7 | 5 | 131 | 5 | 131 | 100% |
- Footnote: of 138 HAdV positive samples were detected by these two methods, as nested PCR can’t show co-infection serotype 2, 7 and 2, 3, so only 136 clinical samples enrolled in agreement between the tq-PCR and two step nested PCR