Prevalence of tick-borne haemoparasites in small ruminants in Turkey and diagnostic sensitivity of single-PCR and RLB

Table 3 Comparison of single and mixed species infections detected by RLB and species-specific single PCR

Type of infection		RLB			Total	P-value	Measurement of agreement
Type of infection		Single	Mixed	Negative	Total	P-value	Kappa value	SD (95% CI)
PCR	Single	326	109	196	631
	Mixed	391	536	107	1034
	Negative	57	56	201	314
	Total	774	701	504	1979	< 0.0001*	0.288	0.017

*P-values considered as statistically significant (P < 0.05) based on the Chi-square test

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