Low diagnostic performance of thick blood smears of 50 µl in comparison with direct examination of 10 µl blood and the leukoconcentration technique of 5ml blood among loiasis-suspected patients with low microfilaremia in Gabon, Central Africa, using the STARD-BLCM guidelines

Table 5 Contingency table for thick blood smear (50 µl) versus the direct examination (10 µl) as the gold standard (reference technique)

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