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Table 1 Cross-tabulation of filarial antigen test results obtained by the Card Test and the Test Strip

From: A comparison of two tests for filarial antigenemia in areas in Sri Lanka and Indonesia with low-level persistence of lymphatic filariasis following mass drug administration

Country

No. tested

    
   

Card Test result

  

FTS result

Positive

Negative

Totals

Sri Lanka

852

Positive

18

25

43

  

Negative

0

809

809

  

Totals

18

834

852

  

% Agreement; Kappa score (95 % CI): 97.07 %; 0.578 (0.430–0.725). Chi-square = P <0.0001

Indonesia

778

Positive

38

12

50

  

Negative

3

725

728

  

Totals

41

737

778

  

% Agreement; Kappa score (95 % CI): 98 %; 0.825 (0.739–0.912). Chi-square = P <0.0001

  1. Results shown are for 852 and 778 blood samples from Sri Lanka and Indonesia with valid results with both filarial antigen tests
  2. FTS Filariasis Test Strip