BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Results from nested PCR and real-time PCR

From: Comparison of nested PCR and real time PCR of Herpesvirus infections of central nervous system in HIV patients

	NESTED PCR		REAL TIME PCR
	POS	NEG	POS	NEG
CMV	85	150	85	150
HSV-1	45	150+1^a = 151	45+1^b = 46	149+1^a = 150
EBV	145	150	145 +1^b = 146	149

^a: sample resulted positive in previous nested PCR
^b: samples resulted negative in nested PCR

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