Table 3 Sensitivity of the detection tests performed onto the Light Cycler platform. For Smallpox virus, Monkey pox virus and Burkholderia species, native DNA was not available. For C. psittaci and Varicella-zoster virus titrated micro-organisms were not available.
Plasmid | Microorganism | Number of molecules detected | |
|---|---|---|---|
Plasmid | Native (strain) | ||
CatA | Smallpox virus | 5 | NA |
CatA | Y. pestis | 5 | 5 (Kim5) |
CatA | B. anthracis | 5 | 5 (Sneath D455) |
CatA | F. tularensis | 500 | 5 (URFTMUE1) |
CatB | Brucella sp. | 50 | 50 (B. melitensis B115) |
CatB | R. prowazeckii | 50 | 100 (Brein l) |
CatB | R. rickettsii | 100 | 50 (VR 891) |
CatB | B. mallei/pseudomallei | 50 | NA |
CatB | C. burnetii | 5 | 100 (Nine Mile) |
CatB | C. psitacci | 50 | NA |
CatVEF | Smallpox virus | 5 | NA |
CatVEF | Monkeypoxvirus | 5 | NA |
CatVEF | Orthopoxvirus | 5 | 10 (ectromelia TC8) |
CatVEF | Varicella-zoster virus | 5 | NA |
CatVEF | Herpesvirus 1/2 | 5 | 10 (MA1) |
CatVEF | R. akari | 5 | 50 (Kaplan) |