Table 5 Prevalence of reactivity of HIV by chemiluminescence (CLIA) and nucleic acid testing (NAT).

From: A comparative analysis between NAT and chemiluminescence in detection of transfusion transmitted viruses in two main university blood transfusion centers

HIV

(N/%)

Total (N = 87620)

Assuit (N = 75156)

Mansoura (N = 12464)

CLIA

NAT

CLIA

NAT

CLIA

NAT

Non-reactive

87,598/99.97

87,601/99.98

75,140/99.98

75,142/98.982

12,458/99.95

12,459/99.96

Reactive

22/0.03

19/0.02

16/0.02

14/0.018

6/0.05

5/0.04

HIVAg/Ab + ve NAT + ve (TP)

19/0.02

14/0.018

5/0.04

HIVAg/Ab + ve NAT-ve (FP)

3/0.01

2/0.002

1/0.01

HIVAg/Ab -ve NAT + ve (FN)

(NAT yield)

0/0.0

0/0.0

0/0.0

HIVAg/Ab -ve NAT-ve (TN)

87,598/99.97

75,140/99.98

12,458/99.95

Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV, NPV and accuracy of chemiluminescence compared to gold standard test NAT

(value, 95% CI)

Sensitivity

100.0% (81.47–100.0%)

100.0% (76.84–100.0%)

100.0% (47.82–100.0%)

Specificity

100.0% (99.99–100.0%)

100.0% (99.99–100.0%)

99.99% (99.96–100.0%)

PPV

81.82% (62.81–92.30%)

87.50% (63.65–96.55%)

83.33% (41.33–97.26%)

NPV

100.0% (99.9–100.0%)

100.0% (99.9–100.0%)

100.0% (99.97–100.0%)

Accuracy

100.00% (99.99–100.0%)

100.00% (99.99–100.0%)

99.99% (99.96–100.0%)

Inter-rater agreement

- %

- Kappa coefficient value

99.99%

0.900 (very good)

99.99%

0.933 (very good)

99.99%

0.909 (very good)