One Immunochromatography Test (ICT)for Influenza Has a Test Sensitivity of 0.50

question 49

Multiple Choice

One immunochromatography test (ICT) for influenza has a test sensitivity of 0.50 and a specificity of 0.90.If 50 individuals known to be infected with influenza were tested using this particular ICT,how many of the tests would be expected to be false negatives?

• A) 25
• B) 50
• C) 45
• D) 10

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