Research Article
Applicability of the Filter Paper Technique for Detection of Antifilarial Antibodies Using the Bm14 Filariasis CELISA
Table 1
Cross-tabulation results for the Filariasis CELISA comparing paired plasma and filter paper samples. The gold standard was considered to be the result derived from the plasma sample (columns). ELISA specifications for a filter paper eluate was found to be a sensitivity of 92% (95%-CI = 75–99), specificity of 77% (95%-CI = 65–86), positive predictive value (PPV) of 60% (95%-CI = 43–75), and negative predictive value (NPV) of 96% (95%-CI = 87–100).
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