TABLE 1.
Detection of IBV antibodies in chicken sera by the Y-N-ELISA and a commercial IBV ELISA kit
| Y-N-ELISA resulta | No. of samples tested with commercial ELISA kit
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|---|---|---|---|
| IBV positive | IBV negative | Total | |
| Positive | 82 | 9 | 91 |
| Negative | 1 | 45 | 46 |
| Total | 83 | 54 | 137 |
Relative sensitivity, (82/83) × 100 = 98.79%; Relative specificity, (45/54) × 100 = 83.33%; relative accuracy, [(82 + 45)/137] × 100 = 92.70%.