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. 2012 May 25;7(5):e36930. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036930

Table 1. Performance of the cholera rapid diagnostic test, Pemba and Unguja, Zanzibar.

Sensitivity% (95%CI*) (TP/(TP+FN)) Specificity% (95%CI*) (TN/(TN+FP)) PPV% (95%CI*) (TP/(TP+FP)) NPV% (95%CI*) (TN/(TN+FN)) No. pos./total (%) with V. cholera isolated on stool culture
Total (n = 622) 93.1 (88.7–96.2) (189/203) 49.2 (44.3–54.1) (206/419) 47.0 (42.1–52.0) (189/402) 93.6 (89.6–96.5) (206/220) 203/622 (32.6)
Unguja (n = 79) 89.1 (76.4–96.4) (41/46) 51.5 (33.5–69.2) (17/33) 71.9 (58.5–83.0) (41/57) 77.3 (54.6–92.2) (17/22) 46/79 (58.2)
Pemba (n = 543) 94.3 (89.4–97.4) (148/157) 49.0 (43.9–54.1) (189/386) 42.9 (37.6–48.3) (148/345) 95.5 (91.5–97.9) (189/198) 157/543 (28.9)
p 0.82 0.87 0.02 0.53 <0.01
*

using exact method.