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Table 2 Reference test performance in terms of sensitivity, specificity, ROC area and PPV-NPV (Study prevalence of treponemal antibodies: 24%)

From: A multi-country comparative study of two treponemal tests for the serodiagnosis of syphilis amongst men who have sex with men (MSM): Chemo-luminescent assay vs Treponema pallidum particle agglutination assay

 

value

95% CI

Prevalence

24.2

22.1

26.5

Sensitivity

99.7

98.5

100

Specificity

99.4

98.7

99.7

ROC area

0.996

0.992

0.999

PPV

98.1

96.1

99.2

NPV

99.9

99.5

100