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