RPM-Flu Assay detection and subtype identification of avian influenza in reference strain specimens provided by SEPRL.

For 14 of these specimens, the single or multiple most similar HA and NA gene sequence records matching sequences from the RPM-Flu assay included the particular reference strain actually provided by SEPRL for analysis. These instances are with asterisks flanking entries in the right column of Table 6). Other instances, without asterisks, represent assayed reference strains for which one or both HA and NA gene sequences had not yet been deposited in GenBank, but which were nevertheless concordant with sequences generated by the RPM-Flu assay.