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Table 4 Specificity, negative predictive value (NPV) of assays with whole blood specimen

From: Assessing the sensitivity and specificity of First Response HIV-1-2 test kit with whole blood and serum samples: a cross-sectional study

Test (assay)

No. of HIV-1 positive samples

Negative whole blood results

False positive result

Specificity (%)

NPV (%)

First response HIV-1-2 kit

140

140

0

100

100

ECLIA (reference)

140

140

0

100

100