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Table 4 Analysis of hepatitis assays from Gardner et al, 2003 [14].

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

Scope

Target Organism

True Positives

False Positives

False Negatives

Sensitivity

Species

Hepatitis A-1

14

0

3

0.82

Species

Hepatitis A-2

14

0

3

0.82

Species

All Hepatitis As

14

0

3

0.82

Species

Hepatitis B-1

927

2

37

0.96

Species

Hepatitis B-2

799

0

165

0.83

Species

All Hepatitis Bs

959

2

5

1.00

Species

Hepatitis C-1

130

0

4

0.97

Species

Hepatitis C-2

76

0

58

0.57

Species

All Hepatitis Cs

133

0

1

0.99

Species

Hepatitis E-1

25

0

40

0.39

Species

Hepatitis E-2

11

0

54

0.17

Species

Hepatitis E-3

20

0

45

0.31

Species

All Hepatitis Es

55

0

10

0.85

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