Table 4 Degree of agreement in qPCR findings for all helminths tested between Smith College (SC) isolates and Natural History Museum (NHM) pools as calculated through Cohen’s kappa statistic

N. americanus

17

0.51 (0.10–0.93)

0.02

A. lumbricoides

18

0.77 (0.48–1.00)

< 0.001

T. trichiura

22

1.00 (1.00–1.00)

< 0.001

An. ceylanicum

15

0.86 (0.59–1.00)

< 0.001

S. stercoralis

15

0.84 (0.55–1.00)

< 0.001