TABLE 1.

Sensitivity and specificity of HerpeSelect-1 and HerpeSelect-2^* tests in different populations compared with Western blot

Test	Population tested	% Sensitivity (95% CI)	% Specificity (95% CI)
HerpeSelect-1	Unselected	83†	90†
		100‡	98.3‡
	STI clinic patients	89§	89§
	Pregnant women	96§	95§
HerpeSelect-2	Unselected	100‡	95.7‡
		98†	96†
	STI clinic patients	97.7 (86.5–99.9)¶	94.5 (83.9–98.6)¶
		96§	97§
	Pregnant women	100§	96§

^*Focus Technologies (USA). Data from references

^†91,

^‡86,

^§17 and

^¶84. STI Sexually transmitted infection