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Figure 1. Comparison of specificity, sensitivity, and error rates of the body fluid identification assays

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This image is figure 1 in the article Direct Comparison of Body Fluid Identification Technologies.
 

Assay / 
Formula
Specificity
TN/(TN+FP)
Sensitivity
TP/(TP+FN)
% error
FP/(FP+TP)
Targeted Proteomics100.088.50.0
mRNA99.794.11.5
DNA Methylation99.572.53.8
Immunoassay A97.189.212.1
Immunoassay B95.485.119.7
Shotgun Proteomics93.467.732.3