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. 2004 Jan;42(1):421–425. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.421-425.2004

TABLE 2.

Clinical sensitivities and specificities of three HCV RNA quantitative assays tested on 284 consecutive clinical samples

Assay No. of samples positive by assay/total (% sensitivity) No. of samples positive by assay/total (% specificity)
bDNA 2.0 198/210 (94.3) 52/74 (70.3)
bDNA 3.0 200/210 (95.2) 71/74 (95.9)
COBAS Monitor 201/206 (97.6) 74/74 (100)