An ELISA for Hepatitis C Has 95 Percent Sensitivity and 90

question 20

Multiple Choice

An ELISA for Hepatitis C has 95 percent sensitivity and 90 percent specificity. This means that the test

• A) detects 95 percent of the true positive samples and has 90 percent false positive results.
• B) detects 5 percent of the true positive samples and has 90 percent false positive results.
• C) detects 95 percent of the true positive samples and has 10 percent false positive results.
• D) detects 5 percent of the true positive samples and has 10 percent false positive results.
• E) detects 90 percent of the true positive samples and has 5 percent false positive results.

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