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 90 percent false positive results.
B) detects 5 percent of the true positive samples and has 90 percent false positive results.
C) detects 95 percent of the true positive samples and has 10 percent false positive results.
D) detects 5 percent of the true positive samples and has 10 percent false positive results.
E) detects 90 percent of the true positive samples and has 5 percent false positive results.

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Sensitivity of 95% means it correctly identifies 95% of true positive cases. Specificity of 90% means it has 10% false positive results.

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