Application of recombinant severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus nucleocapsid protein for the detection of SFTSV-specific human IgG and IgM antibodies by indirect ELISA

Table 2 Sensitivity, and specificity of SFTSV-N-IgM ELISA with reference to the total antibody sandwitch ELISA kit

Sandwich ELISA	SFTSV-N-IgM ELISA		Total
Sandwich ELISA	Positive	Negative	Total
Positive	77	8	85
Negative	0	30	30
total	77	38	115
Concordance^a :93.04 % Sensitivity^b :90.59 % Specificity^c:100 %

^a(No. of samples positive by both methods + No. of samples negative by both methods)/total number of samples × 100
^bTrue positive/(true positive + false negative) × 100
^CTrue negative/(true negative + false positive) × 100

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