. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Vox Sang. 2014 Jul 23;107(4):333–342. doi: 10.1111/vox.12182

Table 2.

Bivariate Model of Sensitivity for Detection HBsAg, HCV and HIV by Mode of Testing using an EIA reference. The reference category for mode of testing is EIA; a negative parameter indicates worse sensitivity and a positive one indicates better sensitivity.

Virus and Mode of Testing¹	Parameter Estimate	95% CI	p-value

HBV
Rapid test	-0.47	(-0.66, -0.27)	<0.001

HCV

Ag/Ab Combo test	0.08	(-0.06, 0.21)	0.248

Rapid test	-0.06	(-0.28, 0.16)	0.586

HIV

Ag/Ab Combo test	-0.01	(-0.14, 0.12)	0.894

Rapid test	-0.28	(-0.48, -0.08)	0.007