Table 1.
Rapid immunochromatographic assays and ELISA for hepatitis B Virus, hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus stratified by testing facilities
| Parameter | Hepatitis B Virus | Hepatitis C Virus | Human Immunodeficiency Virus | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elisa Negative | False Positive | Elisa Positive | False Negative | Elisa Negative | False Positive | Elisa Positive | False Negative | Elisa Negative | False Positive | Elisa Positive | False Negative | |
| Total | 267 | 6(2.2) | 33 | 1(3.0) | 288 | 8(2.8) | 12 | 9(75.0) | 297 | 33 (11.1) | 3 | 0(0.0) |
| Agogo | 43 | 1(2.3) | 7 | 0(0.0) | 46 | 4(8.7) | 4 | 3(75.0) | 49 | 10 (20.4) | 1 | 0(0.0) |
| Bekwai | 45 | 2(4.4) | 5 | 0(0.0) | 46 | 4(8.7) | 4 | 4(100) | 50 | 14 (28.0) | 0 | 0(0.0) |
| KATH | 84 | 3(3.6) | 16 | 1(6.3) | 96 | 0(0.0) | 4 | 2(50.0) | 99 | 6 (6.1) | 1 | 0(0.0) |
| KNUST | 49 | 0(0.0) | 1 | 0(0.0) | 50 | 0(0.0) | 0 | 0(0.0) | 50 | 0 (0.0) | 0 | 0(0.0) |
| Sunyani | 46 | 0(0.0) | 4 | 0(0.0) | 50 | 0(0.0) | 0 | 0(0.0) | 49 | 3 (6.1) | 1 | 0(0.0) |
Data are presented as number or number (percentage). Elisa = Enzyme immunosorbent assay; KATH = Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital; KNUST = Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology