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. 2001 May;8(3):496–498. doi: 10.1128/CDLI.8.3.496-498.2001

TABLE 2.

Sensitivity and specificity of latex agglutination compared with those of ELISA and VI as reference methods for detection of BRV infectiona

Reference method Assay Sensitivityb (%) Specificityc (%)
VI LAT 87.8 (29/29 + 4) 73.3 (22/22 + 8)
ELISA 84.8 (28/28 + 5) 73.3 (22/22 + 8)
ELISA LAT 100 (36/36 + 0) 96.3 (26/26 + 1)
a

n = 63. 

b

Sensitivity = [TP/(TP + FN)] × 100. 

c

Specificity = [TN/(TN + FP)] × 100.