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Table 3 Comparison of the sensitivity and specificity of the Seeplex® Diarrhea-V ACE Detection and Premier™ Rotaclone® assays

From: Evaluation of the performance of a multiplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction kit as a potential diagnostic and surveillance kit for rotavirus in Kenya

 

Seeplex® Diarrhea-V ACE Detection (n = 125)

Premier™ Rotaclone® (n = 125)

True positives

18

14

False positives

2

0

True negatives

105

107

False negatives

0

4

Sensitivity

100% (95% CI: 81.5 to100%)

77.8% (95% CI: 52.36 to 93.59%)

Specificity

98.1% (95% CI: 93.41 to99.77%)

100% (95% CI: 96.61 to 100.00%)