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. 2002 Dec;40(12):4603–4606. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4603-4606.2002

TABLE 2.

Diagnostic performance of the hepatitis B sAg/eAg system for HBeAga

Sample Test outcome HBeAg status of subjects by AxSymHBe 2.0
Total subjects
HBeAg+ HBeAg
Serum (S) HBeAg+ 292 4 296
HBeAg 11 391 402
Total 303 395 698
Whole blood (WB) HBeAg+ 0 0
HBeAg 244 244
Total 244 244
Total (S+WB) HBeAg+ 292 4 296
HBeAg 11 635 646
Total 303 639 942
a

Clinical sensitivity for serum, 96.37%; clinical specificity for serum, 98.99%; clinical specificity for whole blood, 100.00%; clinical specificity for all samples, 99.37%.