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. 2002 Jan;40(1):5–9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.1.5-9.2002

TABLE 2.

Sensitivities, specificities, PPVs, and NPVs, of Dade Behring Enzygnost Anti-Measles-Virus/IgM immunoassay for DVB samples relative to the results for serum samples

Sample storage time (mo) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) PPV (%) NPV (%) Kappa value (% agreement)
All samples 90.2 98.8 95.8 97.0 0.91 (96.7)
<6 (n = 88) 100 97.1 90.0 100 0.93 (97.7)
6–11 (n = 47) 80.0 100 100 94.8 0.86 (95.7)
12–17 (n = 42) 100 100 100 100 1.00 (100)
18–23 (n = 39) 81.3 100 100 88.5 0.84 (92.3)