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A rapid diagnostic test has been developed amid a major avian influenza outbreak in Asia. The outbreak has reached epidemic levels with a very high attack rate. Epidemiologists are hoping to use the rapid diagnostic test to identify all exposed individuals and curb the rapid spread of disease by isolating patients with any evidence of exposure to the virus. The epidemiologists compared rapid diagnostic test results to seropositivity of viral antigen via PCR in 200 patients. The findings are represented in the following table:
Test result PCR-confirmed avian influenza No avian influenza
Positive rapid diagnostic test 95 2
Negative rapid diagnostic test 5 98
Which of the following characteristics of the rapid diagnostic test would be most useful for curbing the spread of the virus via containment?"
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Sensitivity of 95/100