Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T91 |
0-51 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Assay sensitivity based on SARS coronavirus virions |
T92 |
52-223 |
Sentence |
denotes |
To obtain a preliminary assessment of analytical sensitivity, we used purified cell culture supernatant containing SARS-CoV strain Frankfurt-1 virions grown on Vero cells. |
T93 |
224-336 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The supernatant was ultrafiltered and thereby concentrated from a ca 20-fold volume of cell culture supernatant. |
T94 |
337-476 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The concentration step simultaneously reduces the relative concentration of background nucleic acids such as not virion-packaged viral RNA. |
T95 |
477-636 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The virion preparation was quantified by real-time RT-PCR using a specific in vitro-transcribed RNA quantification standard as described in Drosten et al. [8]. |
T96 |
637-795 |
Sentence |
denotes |
All assays were subjected to replicate testing in order to determine stochastic detection frequencies at each assay’s sensitivity end point (Figure 3A and B). |
T97 |
796-970 |
Sentence |
denotes |
All assays were highly sensitive, with best results obtained for the E gene and RdRp gene assays (5.2 and 3.8 copies per reaction at 95% detection probability, respectively). |
T98 |
971-1023 |
Sentence |
denotes |
These two assays were chosen for further evaluation. |
T99 |
1024-1228 |
Sentence |
denotes |
One of the laboratories participating in the external evaluation used other basic RT-PCR reagents (TaqMan Fast Virus 1-Step Master Mix) and repeated the sensitivity study, with equivalent results (E gene: |
T100 |
1229-1261 |
Sentence |
denotes |
3.2 RNA copies/reaction (95% CI: |
T101 |
1262-1277 |
Sentence |
denotes |
2.2–6.8); RdRP: |
T102 |
1278-1310 |
Sentence |
denotes |
3.7 RNA copies/reaction (95% CI: |
T103 |
1311-1320 |
Sentence |
denotes |
2.8–8.0). |
T104 |
1321-1485 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Of note, the N gene assay also performed well but was not subjected to intensive further validation because it was slightly less sensitive (Supplementary Figure S2) |
T105 |
1486-1631 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Figure 3 Determination of limits of detection based on SARS coronavirus genomic RNA and 2019 novel coronavirus-specific in vitro transcribed RNA |
T106 |
1632-1714 |
Sentence |
denotes |
CI: confidence intervals; c/r: copies per reaction; IVT: in vitro-transcribed RNA. |
T107 |
1715-1717 |
Sentence |
denotes |
A: |
T108 |
1718-1768 |
Sentence |
denotes |
E gene assay, evaluated with SARS-CoV genomic RNA. |
T109 |
1769-1771 |
Sentence |
denotes |
B: |
T110 |
1772-1824 |
Sentence |
denotes |
RdRp gene assay evaluated with SARS-CoV genomic RNA. |
T111 |
1825-1910 |
Sentence |
denotes |
C: E-gene assay, evaluated with 2019-nCoV-specific in vitro-transcribed RNA standard. |
T112 |
1911-1913 |
Sentence |
denotes |
D: |
T113 |
1914-1998 |
Sentence |
denotes |
RdRp gene assay evaluated with 2019-nCoV-specific in vitro-transcribed RNA standard. |
T114 |
1999-2046 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The x-axis shows input RNA copies per reaction. |
T115 |
2047-2279 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The y-axis shows positive results in all parallel reactions performed, squares are experimental data points resulting from replicate testing of given concentrations (x-axis) in parallels assays (eight replicate reactions per point). |
T116 |
2280-2343 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Technical limits of detection are given in the panels headings. |
T117 |
2344-2398 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The inner line is a probit curve (dose-response rule). |
T118 |
2399-2433 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The outer dotted lines are 95% CI. |