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Table 2 Discordant result list between inactivated and non-inactivated Oro-pharyngeal specimen 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

Sample ID

Heat Inactivated result

Non-heat inactivated result

ORF1a/b gene (Ct value)

N gene (Ct value)

ORF1a/b gene (Ct value)

N gene (Ct value)

ES 020

Negative

Negative

Positive (36.71)

Positive (36.22)

ES 073

Negative

Negative

Positive (37.84)

Negative

ES 086

Negative

Negative

Negative

Positive (36.62)

ES 150

Negative

Negative

Positive (38.2)

Negative

ES 171

Negative

Positive (36.61)

Positive (39.81)

Positive (36.93)

ES 067

Negative

Positive (37.28)

Negative

Negative

ES 068

Negative

Negative

Negative

Positive (36.38)