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Table 1 Syphilis and HIV POCT results compared to DBS laboratory based syphilis and HIV tests per clinic, Mwanza, Tanzania 2011

From: The implementation of an external quality assurance method for point- of- care tests for HIV and syphilis in Tanzania

Syphilis

HIV

Clinic

POCT

DBS

POCT

DBS

  

pos

neg

 

pos

neg

1 Hosp

pos

21

12

pos

17

1

neg

13

376

neg

0

254

2 Disp

pos

8

7

pos

0

0

neg

1

93

neg

0

13

3 Disp

pos

6

3

pos

2

0

neg

1

61

neg

0

42

4 Disp

pos

12

7

pos

4

1

neg

3

150

neg

0

67

5 Disp

pos

9

5

pos

2

0

neg

3

96

neg

0

13

6 Disp

pos

13

6

pos

0

0

neg

12

119

neg

0

24

7 HC

pos

9

4

pos

4

1

neg

15

309

neg

1

78

8 HC

pos

14

4

pos

8

0

neg

9

231

neg

1

248

9 HC

pos

21

5

pos

0

0

neg

6

251

neg

0

25

10 HC

pos

17

6

pos

3

0

neg

9

254

neg

0

162

Total

pos

130

59

pos

42

3

neg

72

1940

neg

2

926