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Table 2 Sensitivity, specificity and Kappa scores of the POC-CCA test versus combined Kato-Katz and PCR results

From: Detecting Schistosoma mansoni infections among pre-school-aged children in southern Ghana: a diagnostic comparison of urine-CCA, real-time PCR and Kato-Katz assays

  

Kato-Katz + PCR

Sensitivity

Specificity

Kappa Score

Pos

Neg

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

CCAa

Pos

53

74

84.1 (72.7–92.1)

12.9 (6.6–22)

−0.03

Neg

10

11

CCAb

Pos

23

20

36.5 (24.7–49.6)

76.5 (66–85)

0.14

Neg

40

65

  1. awith trace bands
  2. bwithout trace bands
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