TABLE 3.
Evaluations of the diagnostic tests in this study for treated and untreated rats and overall resultsa
| Method | Sensitivity (%)
|
Specificity (%)
|
PPV
|
NPV
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trt | Untrt | Total | Trt | Untrt | Total | Trt | Untrt | Total | Trt | Untrt | Total | |
| PCR-ELISA | 64.7 | 58.8 | 61.7 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.3 | 0.28 |
| GM | 47 | 23.5 | 35.2 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0.187 | 0.19 |
| Real-time PCR | 11.7 | 17.6 | 14.7 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.157 | 0.176 | 0.16 |
a
Trt, treated rats; Untr, untreated rats; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.