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Table 3 Analysis of measles virus assays from Hummel, 2006 [13].

From: Predicting the sensitivity and specificity of published real-time PCR assays

Scope

Target Gene

True Positives

False Positives

False Negatives

Sensitivity

Species

Measles F1

15

0

2

0.88

Species

Measles N1

16

0

1

0.94

Species

Measles F2

15

0

2

0.88

Species

Measles F4b

16

0

1

0.94

Species

Measles F3

9

0

8

0.53

Species

Measles N2

10

0

7

0.59

Species

Measles N3

17

0

0

1.00

Species

Measles H1

10

0

7

0.59

Species

Measles H2

16

0

1

0.94

Species

Measles H3

9

0

8

0.53

Species

Measles H4b

14

0

3

0.82

Species

Measles N4b

11

0

6

0.65