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. 2013 Oct 3;195:236–239. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.09.002

Table 3.

Results of IARL, referred to viral culture and RT-PCR.

Test IC Adeno Respiratory performance (%) against:
Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) PPV (%) NPV (%)
Culture (n = 224) 80.0 (65.9–89.5) 60.9 (53.2–68.1) 37.0 (28.1–46.9) 91.4 (84.3–95.6)
RT-PCR (n = 224) 77.89 (68.0–85.5) 73.64 (65.0–80.8) 68.52 (58.8–76.9) 81.9 (73.4–88.2)

PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value; n: number of samples tested; values in parentheses are 95 confidence intervals.