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Evaluation of Assays for Antibody to Hepatitis E Virus by a Serum Panel

table 5. Pairwise Test Comparisons of Concordant Detection of Antibody to HEV among U.S. Blood Donor Sera

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NOTE. n = 101.

* Overall concordance in pairwise test comparisons is indicated in cells in the upper triangle; calculations used the following equation: number of concordant results divided by total sera tested.

Concordance among reactive sera in pairwise test comparisons is indicated in the lower triangle; calculations used the following equation: number of concordant reactive sera divided by total number of reactive sera by either test.

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