Table 3.

Alere i RSV test sensitivity and specificity by admission diagnosis and age group

	Alere i RSV test result		total	sensitivity in % (CI95)	Alere i RSV test result		total	specificity in % (CI95)
	true positive	false negative			true negative	false positive
	213	16	229	93 (89–96)	278	11	289	96 (93–98)
admission diagnosis
URTI	21	0	21	100 (84–100)	57	3	60	95 (86–99)
LRTI	159	6	165	96 (92–99)	89	3	92	97 (91–99)
non-respiratory	33	10	43	77 (61–88)	133	5	138	96 (92–99)
age group
0–5 months	112	2	114	98 (94–100)	94	4	98	96 (90–99)
6–11 months	33	2	35	94 (81–99)	40	1	41	98 (87–100)
12–23 months	34	7	41	83 (68–93)	62	4	66	94 (85–98)
≥ 2 years	34	5	39	87 (73–96)	83	2	85	98 (92–100)