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Table 7 Mock Results Interpretation (n = 404)

From: An observed, prospective field study to evaluate the performance and acceptance of a blood-based HIV self-test in Canada

Participant Interpretation

%

Strong Positive

 Positive (n = 395)

97.8%

 Negative (n = 3)

0.7%

 Invalid (n = 5)

1.2%

 Do not know (n = 1)

0.2%

Weak Positive

 Positive (n = 366)

90.6%

 Negative (n = 7)

1.7%

 Invalid (n = 28)

6.9%

 Do not know (n = 3)

0.7%

Negative

 Positive (n = 3)

0.7%

 Negative (n = 401)

99.3%

 Invalid (n = 0)

0.0%

 Do not know (n = 0)

0.0%

Invalid (no control, no test)

 Positive (n = 1)

0.2%

 Negative (n = 2)

0.5%

 Invalid (n = 395)

97.8%

 Do not know (n = 6)

1.5%

Invalid (no control, with test)

 Positive (n = 9)

2.2%

 Negative (n = 11)

2.7%

 Invalid (n = 378)

93.6%

 Do not know (n = 6)

1.5%