TABLE 4.

Estimates of sensitivity and specificity for HSV-2 assays grouped by city and by HIV status

Sensitivity or specificity and assay	% Sensitivity or specificity in:			% Samples
	Yaoundé	Kisumu	Ndola	HIV−	HIV+
Sensitivity
MAb EIA	97	98	100	95	100
Gull Premier test	90	85	83	77	92
Kalon Biological	92	94	89	89	94
Biokit	89	89	77	83	89
Radim	81	87	78	74	92
Euroimmun	97	95	95	92	98
IBL	97	98	68	90	96
HerpeSelect	100	100	100	100	100
DiaSorin	99	94	92	96	94
Captia HSV-2 Type- Specific IgG	100	93	100	99	94
Specificity
MAb EIA	98	98	94	98	88
Gull Premier test	98	95	100	99	88
Kalon Biological	98	95	100	99	88
Biokit	90	92	97	95	81
Radim	100	98	100	99	100
Euroimmun	88	77	100	88	89
IBL	83	50	100	76	100
HerpeSelect	72	57	93	74	71
DiaSorin	68	41	67	65	19
Captia HSV-2 Type- Specific IgG	58	30	51	53	0