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Table 1 viral signature analyses.

From: Predicting the sensitivity and specificity of published real-time PCR assays

Reference Number

Scope

Year

Target Organism/gene

True Positives

False Positives

False Negatives

Sensitivity

[6]

Strain

2004

Human coronavirus OC43

5

17

0

1.00

[6]

Strain

2004

Human coronavirus 229E

1

0

0

1.00

[7]

Strain

2004

Coxsackie virus B3

8

0

2

0.80

[8]

Strain

2004

Coxsackie virus B4

3

78

0

1.00

[20]

Serotype

2007

Influenza H5 strains

26

0

402

0.06

[21]

Species

2004

Influenza A MP segment

238

0

3726

0.06

[21]

Species

2004

Influenza B HA segment

131

0

238

0.36

[10]

Species

2002

Dengue virus

0

0

185

0.00

[16]

Serotype

2006

Dengue virus type 1

0

0

47

0.00

[16]

Serotype

2006

Dengue virus type 2

0

0

57

0.00

[16]

Serotype

2006

Dengue virus type 3

2

0

68

0.03

[16]

Serotype

2006

Dengue virus type 4

0

0

11

0.00

[21]

Species

2004

Adenovirus A

1

0

0

1.00

[21]

Species

2004

Adenovirus B

17

0

3

0.85

[21]

Species

2004

Adenovirus C

6

0

0

1.00

[21]

Species

2004

Adenovirus D

6

0

0

1.00

[21]

Species

2004

Adenovirus E

12

0

0

1.00

[21]

Species

2004

Adenovirus F

2

0

0

1.00

[10]

Species

2002

Lassa Virus

1

0

14

0.08

[9]

Species

2004

Ebola Sudan

1

0

0

1.00

[9]

Species

2004

Ebola Zaire

5

0

0

1.00

[9]

Species

2004

Marburg Virus

13

0

5

0.72

[22]

Species

1996

Hepatitis C virus

102

0

33

0.76

[10]

Species

2002

Rift Valley fever virus

36

0

5

0.88

[23]

Species

2000

West Nile Virus 3'NC

71

0

13

0.85

[23]

Species

2000

West Nile Virus- ENV

71

0

13

0.85

[15]

Species

2007

West Nile virus- RdRp

49

0

35

0.58

[15]

Species

2007

Japanese encephalitis virus

0

0

43

0.00

[15]

Species

2007

Yellow fever virus

0

0

15

0.00

[15]

Species

2007

St. Louis encephalitis virus

0

0

2

0.00

[10]

Species

2002

Yellow fever virus

10

0

5

0.67

[24]

Species

2000

Hepatitis B virus (1)

942

0

56

0.94

[25]

Species

2000

Hepatitis B virus (2)

641

0

357

0.64

[26]

Species

2004

Cytomegalovirus

4

0

3

0.57

[21]

Species

2004

Cytomegalovirus

4

0

3

0.57

[21]

Species

2004

Epstein-Barr (HHV 4)

4

0

0

1.00

[27]

Species

2005

Herpes Simplex Virus 1

1

0

0

1.00

[21]

Species

2004

Herpes Simplex Virus 1

1

0

0

1.00

[27]

Species

2005

Herpes Simplex Virus 2

1

0

0

1.00

[21]

Species

2004

Herpes Simplex Virus 2

1

0

0

1.00

[28]

Species

1999

Varicella-Zoster

19

0

0

1.00

[21]

Species

2004

Varicella-Zoster

19

0

0

1.00

[21]

Species

2004

Human herpesvirus 6

3

0

0

1.00

[21]

Species

2004

Human herpesvirus 7

1

0

0

1.00

[21]

Species

2004

Human herpesvirus 8

2

0

0

1.00

[29]

Species

2005

Mumps virus

12

0

5

0.71

[30]

Species

2004

Newcastle Disease irus

23

0

15

0.61

[21]

Species

2004

Parainfluenzaviruses-1

1

0

0

1.00

[21]

Species

2004

Parainfluenzaviruses-2

4

0

1

0.80

[21]

Species

2004

Parainfluenzaviruses-3

2

0

0

1.00

[21]

Species

2004

Respiratory syncytial virus

7

0

3

0.70

[21]

Species

2004

Human parvovirus B19

3

0

0

1.00

[21]

Genus

2004

Enteroviruses

170

0

21

0.89

[21]

Species

2004

JC polyomavirus

378

0

2

1.00

[21]

Species

2004

BK polyomavirus

120

378

0

1.00

[31]

Species

2005

HIV – type 1

283

1

820

0.26

[10]

Species

2002

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

27

0

21

0.56

[32]

Genus

2001

Enterovirus genus

171

0

19

0.90

[10]

Family

2002

Ebola and Marburg

6

0

21

0.22

  1. All but three are Taqman signatures. The three intercalating dye type assays are bolded.