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. 2006 Sep;44(9):3105–3113. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02663-05

TABLE 2.

GBV-C viremia prevalence and test characteristics for combined Brazilian and U.S. cohorts (n = 398)

Primera Prevalence Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) PPV NPV κb
5′ NTR 34.4 100 90.9 81.0 100 0.85
E2 21.4 76.6 100 100 91.7 0.83
E2newc 22.4 79.4 97.6 92.0 93.1 0.80
NS3 34.7 88.3 86.1 71.0 95.0 0.69
NS5A 34.0 95.5 89.9 78.5 98.1 0.80
GS 27.9
a

Primer set used to amplify GBV-C RNA.

b

κ, kappa coefficient.

c

Data only from U.S. (Iowa) cohort.