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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