Table 5.
Calculated specificity and sensitivity of the Seeplex DV assay before discordant analysis
| Result by Seeplex DV | No. of specimens with PHL test result |
% sensitivitya | % specificityb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EM |
rRT-PCR |
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| True | False | True | False | |||
| Adenovirus | ||||||
| Positive | 28 | 1 | ||||
| Negative | 1 | 168 | ||||
| Total | 29 | 169 | 97 (28/29) | 99.4 (168/169) | ||
| Rotavirus | ||||||
| Positive | 51 | 1 | ||||
| Negative | 1 | 145 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 146 | 98 (51/52) | 99.3 (145/146) | ||
| Norovirus GI | ||||||
| Positive | 18 | 1 | ||||
| Negative | 1 | 178 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 179 | 95 (18/19) | 99.4 (178/179) | ||
| Norovirus GII | ||||||
| Positive | 37 | 1 | ||||
| Negative | 1 | 159 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 160 | 97 (37/38) | 99.4 (159/160) | ||
a
Numbers in parentheses are no. positive by Seeplex DV/total no. “true” by PHL test.
b
Numbers in parentheses are no. negative by Seeplex DV/total no. “false” by PHL test.