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Table 2 Detection of H5N1 HPIA virus in clinical specimens in NIHE, Hanoi (clade 2.3.4)

From: Development of a sensitive novel diagnostic kit for the highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus

Year	Patient ID	Test no.	POCube H5/A¹		RIDT²
			H5 HA	A NP
2007	A	1	+	+	+
	A	2	+	-	-
	B	3	+	+	-
	C	4	+	+	-
	D	5	+	+	+/−³
2009	E	6	+	+	-
	F	7	+	+	-
	G	8	+	+	-
2010	H	9	-	+	-
2010	I	10	+	+	-
% positive			90	90	10

¹The POCube machine shows the results for H5 and type A viruses as “+” or “–” based on a predetermined cut-off index set (calculated as described in the “Methods”).
²RIDT: commercial kit detecting universal NP antigen of influenza A virus (ESPLINE® Influenza A&B-N).
³Uncertain.

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