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Table 2 Comparative results of Direct Fluorescent Antibody Test (DFA), Mouse Inoculation Test (MIT), Reverse-transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and Heminested RT-PCR techniques for rabies diagnosis in thawed and decomposed positive samples.

From: Heminested reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (hnRT-PCR) as a tool for rabies virus detection in stored and decomposed samples

    

Thawed

Decomposed

Samples

Specie

DFA

MIT

RT-PCR

hnRT-PCR

RT-PCR

hnRT-PCR

220-04

Bov

+

+

-

-

-

-

210-04

Bov

+

+

-

+

-

+

218-04

Bov

+

+

+

+

-

+

139-04

Bov

-

+

+

+

IM

IM

107-04

Eq

+

+

+

+

IM

IM

R-5473-00

Bov

+

+

+

+

+

+

R-442-01

Bov

+

+

-

+

-

+

R-298-01

Eq

+

+

-

+

-

+

R-1762-01

Bov

+

+

+

+

+

+

R-366-01

Bov

+

+

+

+

-

-

R-318-01

Bov

+

+

-

-

-

-

R-1760-01

Bov

+

+

-

+

-

+

R-370-01

Bov

+

+

+

+

-

-

R-3386-01

Bov

+

+

-

+

-

-

R-2210-01

Eq

+

+

+

+

+

+

R-3499-01

Bov

+

+

+

+

+

+

R-1001-01

Bov

+

+

-

-

-

-

R-4938-01

Bov

+

+

+

+

+

+

R-441-01

Bov

+

+

-

+

-

-

R-404-01

Bov

+

+

+

+

+

+

R-3388-99

Bov

+

+

+

+

+

+

R-5070-01

Bov

+

+

-

+

-

+

R-207-01

Bov

+

+

+

+

+

+

R-1779-01

Eq

+

+

+

+

+

+

R-5159-01

Bov

+

+

-

-

-

-

R-027-02

Eq

+

+

-

+

-

+

R-2167-01

Eq

+

+

+

+

-

+

R-2575-03

Eq

+

+

+

+

-

+

R-0081-02

Eq

+

+

+

+

+

+

R-0297-01

Eq

+

+

-

+

-

+

R-785-01

Eq

+

+

-

+

-

+

R-3942-02

Eq

+

+

+

+

+

+

R-7124-03

Eq

+

+

+

+

-

+

R-511-02

Bov

+

+

+

+

+

+

R-248-02

Eq

+

+

-

+

-

+

R-235-02

Eq

+

+

-

+

-

+

R-1831-01

Eq

+

+

-

+

-

+

R-3805-02

Bov

+

+

-

+

-

-

R-6429-02

Eq

+

+

-

-

-

-

R-119-02

Bov

+

+

-

+

-

-

R-120-02

Bov

+

+

+

+

-

+

R-299-01

Eq

+

+

+

+

+

+

R-367-01

Bov

+

+

+

+

+

+

R-5093-01

Bov

+

+

+

+

+

+

R-5160-01

Bov

+

+

-

+

-

+

R-4065-01

Bov

+

+

-

+

-

+

R-2056-01

Bov

+

+

+

+

+

+

R-4286-01

Bov

+

+

-

+

-

-

R-6558-02

Eq

+

+

-

+

-

+

515-05

Bov

+

+

+

+

+

+

  1. IM = Insuficient Material DFA/MIT: previously evaluated Samples in bold: false negative results in decomposed materials Bov: bovines Eq: equines