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. 2010 Dec 6;83(6):1308–1310. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0180

Table 1.

Performance of individual rats

Sensitivity (%)* Specificity (%)* Confirmed (%)
Rat Sample-wise Patient-wise Sample-wise Sample-wise Patient-wise
1 89 90 91 28 24
2 86 87 95 46 41
3 85 85 93 41 34
4 85 86 93 43 36
5 82 85 94 38 34
6 88 90 92 30 26
7 87 80 92 35 30
8 85 86 92 34 31
9 85 89 93 47 45
10 85 86 92 35 31
*

Relative to the results of Direct Observation Treatment Short-Course (DOTS) center microscopists viewing each side on one occasion.

DOTS-negative, rat-positive samples, and patients confirmed by Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO) microscopists as tuberculosis (TB)-positive.