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the roche antibody test has high specificity and sensitivity
by aaronblohowiak 6y ago
the roche antibody test has high specificity and sensitivity
- adolph 6y agoWithout knowing the base rate for a community isn’t specificity and sensitivity like a numerator without a denominator? “Roche’s SARS-CoV2 antibody test, which has a specificity greater than 99.8% and 100% sensitivity3 (14 Days post-PCR confirmation), can help assess patients’ immune response to the virus.” https://www.roche.com/media/releases/med-cor-2020-05-03.htm https://www.roche.com/media/releases/med-cor-2020-05-03.htm
- nradov 6y agoRoche validated the test using stored blood samples from before the pandemic started, when the base rate was 0.