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. 2023 Oct 14;13:17478. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-44796-y

Table 3.

Performance characteristics of the Omicron assays compared to genome sequencing1.

BA.1 (%) BA.2 (%) BA.4 (%) BA.5 (%)
Positive percent agreement 100 (79.4–100) 88.1 (85.0–90.7) 92.6 (90.6–94.4) 98.3 (98.1–98.5)
Negative percent agreement 100 (99.97–100) 99.9 (99.8–99.9) 100 (99.97–100) 99.9 (99.5–99.98)
Positive predictive value 100 96.8 (94.8–98.1) 100 99.98 (99.9–100)
Negative predictive value 100 99.5 (99.4–99.6) 99.5 (99.4–99.6) 87.4 (85.8–88.9)

195% confidence intervals are displayed in parentheses.