Table 2. Comparison of anti-HCV detection against the national reference panel of HRP-LD5 assay with three commercial diagnostic kits.
HRP-conjugated molecules | True positive(a) | False negative(b) | True negative(c) | False positive (d) | Sensitivity(%) a/(a+b) (95% CI)1 | Specificity(%) c/(c+d) (95% CI)1 | Relative accuracy (%) (a+c)/(a+b+c+d) |
Abbott 3.0 kit | 30 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 100 (0.88–1.00) | 96.66 (0.83–1.00) | 98.33 |
Ke Hua kit | 29 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 96.66 (0.83–1.00) | 100 (0.88–1.00) | 98.33 |
Chang Zheng kit | 29 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 96.66 (0.83–1.00) | 100 (0.88–1.00) | 98.33 |
HRP-LD5 assay | 30 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 100 (0.88–1.00) | 96.66 (0.83–1.00) | 98.33 |
95% CI, 95% confidence interval.