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. 2021 May 27;16(5):e0247918. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247918

Table 2. Subgroup analyses for PanBio.

Overall N (%) Ag-Test positive/ PCR positive N (%) Ag-Test negative/ PCR positive N (%) Ag-Test positive/ PCR negative N (%) Ag-Test negative/ PCR negative N (%) Sensitivity % (95% CI) Specificity % (95% CI)
Sensitivity
Overall 1108 (100) 92 (8.3) 14 (1.3) 1 (0.1) 1001 (90.3) 86.8 (79.0–92.0) 99.9 (99.4–100)
Heidelberg 858 (77.4) 44 (5.1) 3 (0.3) 0 811 (94.5) 93.6 (82.8–97.8) 100 (99.5–100)
Berlin 250 (22.6) 48 (19.2) 11 (4.4) 1 (0.4) 190 (76.0) 81.4 (69.6–89.3) 99.5 (97.1–100)
Sampling strategy—Information available for N = 1108
NP swab 1034 (93.3) 91 (8.8) 13 (1.3) 1 (0.1) 929 (89.8) 87.5 (79.8–92.5) 99.9 (99.4–100)
OP swab 74 (6.7) 1 (1.4) 1 (1.4) 0 72 (97.3) 50.0 (25.6–97.4) 100 (94.9–100)
Symptom duration—Information available for N = 687
0–7 days Overall 610 (88.8) 69 (11.3) 7 (1.1) 1 (0.2) 533 (87.4) 90.8 (82.2–95.5) 99.6 (98.9–100)
8–14 days Overall 70 (10.2) 8 (11.4) 5 (7.1) 0 57 (81.4) 61.5 (35.5–82.3) 100 (93.7–100)
Symptomatic versus Asymptomatic—Information available for N = 1100
Symptomatic 712 (64.7) 79 (11.1) 12 (1.7) 1 (0.1) 620 (87.1) 86.8 (78.2–92.3) 99.8 (99.1–100)
Asymptomatic 388 (35.3) 12 (3.1) 2 (0.5) 0 374 (96.4) 85.7 (60.1–96∙0) 100 (99.0–100)
Ct-Value PCR <30 and > = 30—Information available for N = 105*
CT value PCR <30 93 (88) 87 (93.5) 6 (6.5) NA NA 93.5 (86.6–97.0) NA
CT value PCR > = 30 12 (11.0) 4 (33.0) 8 (67.0) NA NA 33 (13.8–60.1) NA
Ct-Value PCR <25 and > = 25—Information available for N = 105*
CT value PCR <25 72 (68.0) 69 (95.8) 3 (4.2) NA NA 95.8 (88.5–98.6) NA
CT value PCR > = 25 33 (31.0) 22 (66.7) 11 (33.3) NA NA 66.7 (49.6–80.2) NA

• One RT-PCR positive with a mutation in the E gene was excluded