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Table 4 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

22

26.7

Sensitivity

99.7

97.9

100

Specificity

99.5

98.8

99.8

ROC area

0.997

0.994

1

PPV

98.9

97.2

99.7

NPV

99.9

99.5

100