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. 2000 May;7(3):477–485. doi: 10.1128/cdli.7.3.477-485.2000

TABLE 4.

Overall sensitivity and specificity of EIA, LA, and SEIA for all samples tested by a given day after infection

Day after infection % Sensitivity/% specificity
EIA
LA
SEIA
Serum Urine Both Serum Urine Both Serum Urine Both
0a 0/93 0/95 0/94 0/93 0/51 0/65 0/65 0/26 0/41
1 47/67 21/89 34/87 27/92 93/11 89/57 89/100 86/17 88/58
2 93/83 53/100 73/94 87/92 93/30 90/65 100/83 100/50 100/67
3 85/88 67/92 75/90 85/85 80/0 82/48 100/100 100/25 100/57
4 71/86 82/90 78/89 83/75 86/30 85/56 100/100 100/57 100/84
All daysb 73/85 55/92 63/89 67/89 88/38 78/60 96/84 95/31 96/56
All days (high)c 63/98 45/97 54/97 47/91 63/64 55/76 96/86 90/92 93/89
a

Specimens were collected prior to infection (day 0 or earlier). 

b

Overall test sensitivities and specificities for serum specimens (n = 167), urine specimens (n = 198), or both types of specimens for all days tested by using the standard positive cutoff values described in Materials and Methods. 

c

Overall test sensitivities and specificities for serum specimens (n = 167), urine specimens (n = 198), or both types of specimens for all days tested by using the high-positive cutoff values described in the Results section.