Table 2 Comparison of adenovirus (AdV), enterovirus (EV), and coronavirus (CoV) assay results across Duke and Duke-NUS analysis

AdV assays

Positive specimens (n)

Positivity (%)

 AdV rPCR (n = 599)

62

10.4%

 AdV panspecies (n = 599)

74

12.4%

 AdV Hex conventional (n = 428)

84

19.6%

EV assays

Positive specimens (n)

Positivity (%)

 EV rRT-PCR (n = 599)

25

4.2%

 EV panspecies (n = 599)

48

8.0%

 HRV gel electrophoresis & sequence analysis (n = 427)

51

11.9%

CoV assays

Positive specimens (n)

Positivity (%)

 CoV rRT-PCR (n = 599)

6

1.0%

 CoV panspecies (n = 599)

47

7.8%