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Table 2 Clinical performance and agreement of HCV RNA and HCVcAg detection on DBS

From: Confirmation of HCV viremia using HCV RNA and core antigen testing on dried blood spot in HIV infected peoples who inject drugs in Vietnam

 

Specificity % (n)

Sensitivity % (n; 95% CI)

Cohen coefficient

DBS HCV RNA

100% (15/15)

92.0% (79/86; 86.3–97.7)

 

DBS HCVcAg

100% (15/15)

87.2% (75/86; 79.9–94.1)

 

HCV RNA/HCVcAg agreement

  

0.65

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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