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Table 2 Performance characteristics of DDIA compared with stool examination

From: Performance of a dipstick dye immunoassay for rapid screening of Schistosoma japonicum infection in areas of low endemicity

Criterion assessed

Longshang

Hebei

TieGuai

Xinhua

Yuye

Caohui

Jingtou

Total

No. of true positives

3

15

21

41

40

51

70

241

No. of false positives

579

186

517

383

490

359

311

2825

No. of true negatives

461

685

320

493

290

411

536

3196

No. of false negatives

1

1

1

5

4

5

6

23

Sensitivity

[%, 95% CI]

75.00

[32.56-100.00]

93.75

[81.89-100.00]

95.45

[86.75-100.00]

89.13

[80.14-98.13]

90.91

[82.41-99.40]

91.07

[83.60-98.54]

92.11

[86.04-98.17]

91.29

[87.89-94.69]

Specificity

[%, 95% CI]

44.33

[41.31-47.35]

78.65

[75.92-81.37]

38.23

[34.94-41.52]

56.28

[52.99-59.56]

37.18

[33.79-40.57]

53.38

[49.85-56.90]

63.28

[60.04-66.53]

53.08

[51.82-54.34]

PPV

[%, 95% CI]

0.52

[0-1.10]]

7.46

[3.83-11.10]

3.90

[2.27-5.54]

9.67

[6.86-12.48]

7.55

[5.30-9.80]

12.44

[9.24-15.63]

18.37

[14.48-22.26]

7.86

[6.91-8.81]

NPV

[%, 95% CI]

99.78

[99.36-100.00]

99.85

[99.57-100.00]

99.69

[99.08-100.00]

99.00

[98.12-99.87]

98.64

[97.32-99.96]

98.80

[97.75-99.85]

98.89

[98.01-99.77]

99.29

[98.99-99.58]

  1. CI: Confidence interval