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Table 3 Visual intensity of the color of the bands indicating positive results for the SD BIOLINE HIV/Syphilis Duo dual rapid test

From: Dual rapid lateral flow immunoassay fingerstick wholeblood testing for syphilis and HIV infections is acceptable and accurate, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

 

N

Mean (%)

Standard deviation (%)

Median (%)

Quartile range (%)

Minimum (%)

Maximum (%)

HIV band color intensity

133

88.3

28.0

100

0

0.3

100

 HIV true positives

128

91.7

22.4

100

0

0.3

100

 HIV false positives

5

1.3

2.1

0.3

0.4

0.3

5.0

T. pallidum band color intensity*

126

30.3

31.9

20

37

0.3

100

T. pallidum true positives

109

34.3

32.4

23

40

0.3

100

T. pallidum fase positives

17

4.8

7.1

2

4

0.3

26

  1. *Note: Intensity was not recorded for three of the tests that were syphilis positive on the Duo test