The Lifetech Lyophilized assay displayed the bestanalytical sen vity with an LOD of62.5 RNA copies/ml. and the lowest LOQ(625 RNA copies/ml), which may be explained in part by the kit's rela- high eluate Indeed, 25 ofeluate is required this is to 5 times more than that required by the Roche, FTD and both Altona assays.