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Table 4 The clinical performance of the qq-PCR assay for SARS-CoV-2

From: Establishment and evaluation of a quadruple quantitative real-time PCR assay for simultaneous detection of human coronavirus subtypes

 

2019-nCoV qPCR

Performance characteristics

Positive

Negative

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Youden's Index

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

Agreement

Kappa

qq-PCR assay

         

 Positive

34

0

91.9

100.0

0.919

100.0

98.0

98.4

0.948 (P < 0.01)

 Negative

3

147

       

 Total

37

147

       
  1. SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value