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Table 6 sensitivity by type.

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

 

avg.

std dev

dsDNA

0.97

0.10

dsDNA-RT

0.79

0.21

Bacteria

0.86

0.86

ssRNA

0.71

0.28

ssRNA-RT

0.26

 
  1. Average sensitivities of bacteria and of single stranded (ss), and double stranded (ds) viruses, with and without reverse transcriptase (RT). Results are consistent with high mutation rates in groups for which signatures have lower sensitivity. ssRNA-RT has no standard deviation as it refers only to HIV.
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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

ISSN: 1476-0711

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