Comparison of a New Gold Immunochromatographic Assay for the Rapid Diagnosis of the Novel Influenza A (H7N9) Virus with Cell Culture and a Real-Time Reverse-Transcription PCR Assay

Table 6

The positivity rate of H7N9 virus by GICA^a, RT-PCR and viral culture among different kinds of samples.

Type of samples	No. of samples	No. of RT-PCR positive (%)	No. of viral culture positive (%)	No. of GICA positive (%)
Sputum	56	55 (98.21)	7 (12.50)	26 (46.43)
Throat swab	45	28 (62.22)	5 (11.11)	6 (13.33)
Feces	39	16 (41.03)	0 (0)	2 (5.13)

aGICA: gold immunochromatographic assay.