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. 2015 Feb 19;53(3):830–837. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02648-14

TABLE 3.

Diagnostic performance of the RT-RPA and RT-LAMP assays against that of the qRT-PCR assay in serum samples (n = 203) from patients with clinically suspected dengue at UMMC

Assay and results qRT-PCR results (no.)a
Sensitivity (% [95% CIb]) Specificity (% [95% CI]) PPVc (% [95% CI]) NPVd (% [95% CI])
Pos Neg
RT-RPAe,f
    Pos 47 3g 77.0 (65.1–85.8) 97.9 (94.0–99.3) 94.0 (83.8–97.9) 90.8 (85.2–94.5)
    Neg 14 139
RT-LAMPh
    Pos 46 5i 75.4 (63.3–84.5) 96.5 (92.0–98.5) 90.2 (79.0–95.7) 90.1 (84.4–93.9)
    Neg 15 137
a

Pos, positive; Neg, negative.

b

CI, confidence interval.

c

PPV, positive predictive value.

d

NPV, negative predictive value.

e

Agreement of results between RT-RPA and qRT-PCR: κ = 0.790, P < 0.001.

f

Agreement of results between RT-RPA and RT-LAMP: κ = 0.723, P < 0.001.

g

One RT-RPA false-positive sample tested positive by dengue IgM ELISA.

h

Agreement of results between RT-LAMP and qRT-PCR: κ = 0.754, p < 0.001.

i

One RT-LAMP false-positive sample tested positive by the dengue IgM ELISA.