An ELISA for Hepatitis C Has 95 Percent Sensitivity and 90

question 35

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

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