Table 2 Detection of viruses from 296 clinical stool specimens from the US and Ghana.

From: A Multiplex PCR/LDR Assay for Viral Agents of Diarrhea with the Capacity to Genotype Rotavirus

Identification of samples

Real-time PCR/Sequencing

PCR/LDR*

Additional virus detected by PCR/LDR

No. Positive

No. Negative

No. Positive

No. Negative

Rotavirus

148

0

144

4

2†

Sapovirus

12

0

10

2

 

Norovirus GI

2

0

1

1

 

Norovirus GII

48

0

48

0

 

Negative

0

86

0

86

 
  1. *Sensitivity and specificity of the PCR/LDR assay for detection of viruses in clinical stool specimens were 97% and 100%, respectively. †Norovirus GGII detected in addition to rotavirus by PCR/LDR in Ghanaian samples were confirmed by sequencing.