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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 25.
Published in final edited form as: Rev Sci Tech. 2013 Dec;32(3):801–815. doi: 10.20506/rst.32.2.2215

Table VI. Estimation of sensitivity and specificity of different diagnostic tests in four species.

Test Model used Sensitivity (95% Cr. Int.)(a) Specificity (95% Cr. Int.)(a)
Cattle
        RBT (Ukraine) 2dT2P 0.69 (0.47–0.85) 0.99 (0.987–0.998)
1TnP 0.65 (0.41–0.85) 0.99 (0.986–0.997)
        FPA 0.64 (0.46–0.80) 0.96 (0.95–0.97)
        ELISA (ruminant) 0.92 (0.79–0.99) 0.93 (0.91–0.94)
Sheep
        RBT (Ukraine) 2dT2P 0.45 (0.30–0.60) 0.99 (0.98–0.996)
1TnP 0.46 (0.29–0.64) 0.996 (0.991–0.998)
        FPA 0.71 (0.57–0.83) 0.92 (0.90–0.94)
        ELISA (ruminant) 0.63 (0.49–0.76) 0.94 (0.93–0.96)
Goats
        RBT (Ukraine) 2dT2P 0.55 (0.39–0.71) 0.95 (0.93–0.98)
1TnP 0.54 (0.37–0.72) 0.97 (0.96–0.98)
        FPA 0.70 (0.54–0.84) 0.92 (0.89–0.95)
        ELISA (ruminant) 0.43 (0.29–0.58) 0.94 (0.92–0.97)
Humans
        Huddleson 2dT2P 0.93 (0.84–0.98) 0.83 (0.78–0.88)
1TnP 0.92 (0.82–0.97) 0.91 (0.89–0.94)
        ELISA (human) 0.90 (0.81–0.95) 0.77 (0.72–0.81)
        RBT (Bio-Rad) 0.60 (0.48–0.70) 0.97 (0.95–0.99)
(a)

Cr. Int.: credibility interval

ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

FPA: fluorescence polarisation assay

RBT: Rose Bengal test

2dT2P: two dependent tests, two populations

1TnP: one test, n populations