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Table 3 Agreement between MSP2 genotype calls between various combinations of capillary and venous samples

From: Comparison on simultaneous capillary and venous parasite density and genotyping results from children and adults with uncomplicated malaria: a prospective observational study in Uganda

 

Capillary-Venous

Venous-Venous

Venous-Capillary

Capillary-Capillary

0.71 (0.49–0.94)

0.45 (0.15, 0.75)

0.77 (0.55, 0.98)

Capillary-Venous

–

0.68 (0.45, 0.92)

0.84 (0.67, 1.00)

VV

–

–

0.62 (0.36, 0.87)

  1. Simple Kappa coefficient and 95% confidence interval. Capillary-Capillary (capillary day 0 compared to capillary day of failure); Capillary-Venous (capillary day 0 compared to venous day of failure); Venous-Venous (venous day 0 compared to venous day of failure); Venous-Capillary (venous day 0 compared to capillary day of failure)
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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