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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 26.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2007 Sep;34(9):681–685. doi: 10.1097/01.olq.0000258307.18831.f0

TABLE 2.

Serology Results by HerpeSelect HSV ELISA (Focus) and Western Blot (WB)

Western Blot
HSV-2
HSV-1
ELISA Positive Negative Positive Negative
Positive 3 5 29 1
Negative 0 81 13 45
Total 3 86 42 46

Sensitivity: 100.0% and 69.0%, respectively, for HSV-2 and HSV-1.

Specificity: 94.1% and 94.1%, respectively, for HSV-2 and HSV-1.

PPV: 37.5% and 96.7%, respectively, for HSV-2 and HSV-1.

NPV: 100% and 77.6%, respectively, for HSV-2 and HSV-1.