Research Article

Comparison of a New Gold Immunochromatographic Assay for the Rapid Diagnosis of the Novel Influenza A (H7N9) Virus with Cell Culture and a Real-Time Reverse-Transcription PCR Assay

Table 5

Detection of influenza A (H7N9) virus by GICAa and viral culture.

GICAViral culture
Positive(+)Negative(−)Total

Positive(+)112334
Negative(−)1105106
Total12128140

bSensitivitySpecificityPPVNPV

91.67%82.03%32.35%99.06%

GICA: gold immunochromatographic assay.
These parameters for GICA were obtained in reference to viral culture.