Table 3

Accuracy and seropositivity data from Mumbai and Montreal

CategoryMumbai
N=375
Montreal
N=109
Sensitivity
 HIV100% (95% CI 94.8% to 100%)100% (95% CI 47.3% to 100%)
 HBV13.3% (95% CI 6.6% to 23.2%)NA
 HCV50.0% (95% CI 1.3% to 98.7%)80.4% (95% CI 66.1% to 90.6%)
 Syphilis86.1% (95% CI 70.5% to 95.3%)100% (95% CI 22.4% to 100%)
Specificity
 HIV99.7% (95% CI 98.3% to 99.9%)100% (95% CI 97.2% to 100%)
 HBV99.3% (95% CI 97.6% to 99.9%)100% (95% CI 97.3% to 100%)
 HCV99.7% (95% CI 98.5% to 99.9%)85.3% (95% CI 73.8% to 93.0%)
 Syphilis85.2% (95% CI 80.9% to 88.8%)98.1% (95% CI 93.3% to 99.8%)
Prevalence
 HIV14.9% (95% CI 13.1% to 16.7%)3.7% (95% CI 1.2% to 9.7%)
 HBV20.0% (95% CI 18.0% to 22.0%)NA
 HCV0.5% (95% CI 0.2% to 0.9%)42.2% (95% CI 32.9% to 52.0%)
 Syphilis9.9% (95% CI 8.4% to 11.4%)1.8% (95% CI 0.3% to 7.1%)
  • HBV, hepatitis B; HCV, hepatitis C; NA, not available.