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. 2002 Jan;40(1):89–95. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.1.89-95.2002

TABLE 2.

T. vaginalis urine-based PCR performance with specimens from symptomatic and asymptomatic subjects

Subject group	PCR products detected by:
Subject group	Agarose gel			Unlabeled ELISA
n	% Sensitivity (95% CI)	% Specificity (95% CI)	n	% Sensitivity (95% CI)	% Specificity (95% CI)
Asymptomatic	475	64.3 (44.1, 80.7)	100.0 (97.4, 100.0)	186	80.0 (51.4, 94.7)	82.2 (71.1, 89.8)
Symptomatic	1,038	68.8 (61.8, 75.1)	98.2 (97.0, 99.0)	451	85.9 (76.7, 92.0)	87.5 (83.5, 90.6)
Overall	1,513	66.9 (60.8, 72.5)	98.3 (97.4, 98.9)	637	86.4 (78.6, 91.8)	86.1 (83.2, 88.7)