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. 2008 Mar 11;2008:721950. doi: 10.1155/2008/721950

Table 2.

Diagnostic usefulness of the detection of antibodies against Hyr1, Ece1, Als3, and Hwp1 by immunoblotting and ELISA assay [18] (PPV: positive predictive value, NPV: negative predictive value).

Sensitivity% Specificity% PPV% NPV%
Immunoblotting

Hyr1 39.1 100 100 76.3
Ece1 34.8 93.3 72.7 73.7
Als3 26.1 93.3 66.7 71.2
Hwp1 27.8 97.5 83.3 62.3

ELISA assay

Hyr1 58.3 82.2 72.4 71.2
Ece1 55.6 80.0 69.0 62.5
Als3 41.7 77.8 60.0 62.5
Hwp1 88.9 82.6 80.0 90.2