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Table 1 Comparison of MinION sequencing to RT-qPCR for detection of NDV LaSota (runs 1 and 2)

From: Rapid virulence prediction and identification of Newcastle disease virus genotypes using third-generation sequencing

Dilution (EID50/ml)

Total readsa

Total NDV readsb

Reads per consensusc

Percent identityd

Consensus length

RT-qPCRe (Ct)

R1f | R2g

R1 | R2

R1 | R2

R1 | R2

R1 | R2

R1 | R2

10^6

6667 | 11,366

6577 | 10,861

200 | 200

100 | 100

734 | 734

21.8, 21.1 | 22.7, 22.7

10^5

4519 | 6801

4439 | 6540

200 | 200

100 | 100

734 | 734

26.3, 25.8 | 26.2, 26.4

10^4

3856 | 8289

3829 | 7890

200 | 200

100 | 100

734 | 734

28.9, 27.8 | 29.1, 29.3

10^3

164 | 9484

157 | 9061

157 | 200

100 | 100

734 | 734

31.4, 31.1 | 32.7, 32.8

10^2

94 | 4939

85 | 4725

85 | 200

100 | 100

734 | 734

34.2, 34.8 | 34.8, 35.3

10^1

133 | 2652

131 | 2520

131 | 200

99.04 | 99.86

729 | 734

34.9, 34.8 | 36.9, 36.7

  1. aObtained from output of Porechop
  2. bObtained from output of LAclust
  3. cObtained from output of BWA-MEM. Input into BWA-MEM was limited to 200 reads based on LAclust options
  4. dConsensus sequence identity to the reference sequence of NDV LaSota sequenced with MiSeq
  5. (MH392212/chicken/USA/LaSota/1946)
  6. eEach dilution performed in duplicate and threshold cycle (Ct) values from each well are shown here
  7. fRun 1
  8. gRun 2
  9. Note: All 60,000 reads obtained during 32 min of sequencing run (R1) were utilized for the analysis. All 98,916 reads from R2 were utilized for the analysis