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. 2017 Nov 30;12(11):e0188047. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188047

Table 2. Concordance between OraQuick® Ebola Rapid Antigen Test and PCR testing for living patients and the deceased from October 2015 to April 2016 in Guinea.

Living (blood)
    PCR  
Positive Negative Not Tested Total
RDT Reactive 5 8 0 13
Non-reactive 2 22* 4117 4141
Total 7 30 4117 4154
Dead (swab)
  PCR
  Positive Negative Not Tested Total
RDT Reactive 1 5 0 6
Non-reactive 0 3093 52 3145
  Total 1 3098 52 3151

* The algorithm for RDT use in living patients did not call for a PCR test to be done for non-reactive RDTs, PCR testing was only required for reactive RDTs, except during the March 2016 outbreak when a PCR test was required for each EVD RDT on a living patient in the affected region.