Table 1.
Comparison between LDA and Focus Simplexa FluA/B and RSV kita
| Target virus | No. of viruses with the following result by LDA/Simplexa kit: |
Positive agreement |
Negative agreement |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +/+ | +/− | −/+ | −/− | Sens. (%) | PPV (%) | Spec. (%) | NPV (%) | |
| Influenza A virus | 28 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 93.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 97.9 |
| Influenza B virus | 30 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 100.0 | 96.8 | 98.9 | 100.0 |
| RSV | 19 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 90.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 97.9 |
| Overall | 77 | 4 | 1 | 276 | 95.1 | 98.7 | 99.6 | 98.6 |
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Sens., sensitivity; Spec., specificity; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.