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Table 1 proportion of qualitative RT-PCR results of non-inactivated and heat inactivated samples in COVID-19 testing, Ethiopia, 2020

From: Effect of heat inactivation for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome-corona virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) with reverse transcription real time polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR): evidence from Ethiopian study

Types of group

RT-PCR Qualitative result

Positive N (%)

Negative N (%)

Non-heat inactivated sample group

119 (63.3)

69 (36.7)

Heat inactivated sample group

115 (61.2)

73 (38.8)