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. 2020 Oct 6;22(6):127. doi: 10.1208/s12248-020-00510-8

Table III.

Cut Point Set With A 0.1% FPER (99.99% Specificity)

Called by assay
Pos. Neg. Total
True Pos. 47,500 2500 50,000 95.00% = (Sensitivity or 1-FNER)
Neg. 95 949,905 950,000 99.99% = (Specificity or 1-FPER)
Total 47,595 952,405 1,000,000
99.80% 99.74% 5.00%
(PPV) (NPV) (Prevalence)

(Assuming 95% sensitivity and 5% antibody prevalence in the general population). A population size of 1 million is assumed for illustration