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Table 4 Performances of algorithms in the test dataset

From: Evaluation of syndromic algorithms for detecting patients with potentially transmissible infectious diseases based on computerised emergency-department data

Syndrome

Infected

Non-infected

Optimal threshold of probability

Sensitivity

Specificity

Positive predictive value

Negative predictive value

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

Respiratory

318

2,950

0.0661

82.70 (78.09–86.70)

82.37 (80.95–83.73)

33.59 (30.28–37.02)

97.79 (97.13–98.33)

Cutaneous

73

3,195

0.0442

78.08 (66.86–86.92)

95.93 (95.19–96.59)

30.48 (23.97–37.62)

99.48 (99.16–99.17)

Gastrointestinal

34

3,234

0.0115

79.41 (62.1–91.3)

81.97 (80.6–83.28)

4.43 (2.94–6.37)

99.74 (99.46–99.89)