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. 2001 Jul;39(7):2572–2575. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.7.2572-2575.2001

TABLE 1.

Sensitivities and specificities of tests for detection of antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2 with samples confirmed as positive or negative by WB assay

Test	Sensitivity					Specificity
	Serum samples (n = 65)		Plasma samples (n = 60)		Total sensitivity (%) (n = 125)	Serum samples (n = 40)		Plasma samples (n = 35)		Total specificity (%) (n = 75)
	No. negative^a	Sensitivity (%)	No. negative	Sensitivity (%)	Total sensitivity (%) (n = 125)	No. positive^b	Specificity (%)	No. positive	Specificity (%)	Total specificity (%) (n = 75)
Determine HIV-1/2	0	100	0	100	100	0	100	0	100	100
HIV SPOT	0	100	2	96.8	98.4	0	100	0	100	100
Innotest HIV-1/2	0	100	1	98.4	99.2	1	97.6	1	97.2	97.4

^a

Number of samples (serum and plasma) detected as false negatives.

^b

Number of samples (serum and plasma) detected as false positives.