Set detection for assay results

`update_assay_detection()` updates the assay result table with positive detections and, depending on the assay, the genetic run type identification.

Usage

update_assay_detection(con, thresholds, .control_id = "NTC")

Arguments

con

valid connection to the database

thresholds

threshold values calculated in `generate_threshold`

.control_id

identifier used to find the control variable

Value

The number of assay results added to the assay_result table and the number of samples updated in the genetic_run_identification table.

Details

The assay result table is updated to reflect whether the assays in a plate run produced raw fluorescence values that exceed the threshold calculated by `generate_threshold()`, resulting in a positive or negative detection (TRUE or FALSE, where TRUE means the assay is a positive detection). The database is then checked for whether other ots_28 and ots_16 have been run on the samples. If so, samples are added to the genetic_run_identification table in the database with a genetic identification number (see `add_genetic_identification` for details).