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. 2019 Jun 26;10:1441. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01441

Table 4.

Performance of the COR signature as a triage test in HIV-infected and uninfected persons based on results from our diagnostic cohort.

HIV status Sensitivity Specificity Number needed to screen False positives False negatives
WHO TTP for Triage test, optimal characteristics >95% >80% <55 <11 1
ACS COR signature HIV-uninfected 100% 80% 50 10 0
ACS COR signature HIV-infected 65% 80% 77 16 1
Performance of current screening tools in HIV-infected persons
Symptom screening only∗∗ 79% 50% 64 32 1
Symptom screening and chest radiography∗∗ 91% 39% 55 33 1

TTP-Target product profile (World Health Organization [WHO], 2014). Number needed to screen to detect one case of TB. For these calculations a TB prevalence of 2% was used. False positives and negatives were calculated per number screened to detect one case of TB. ∗∗Estimates for symptom screening and chest radiography are based on results from Getahun et al. (2011).