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Table 1 Comparison of diagnostic validity of SjSP-13 peptide with SjSP-13 recombinant protein

From: Identification of linear epitopes in SjSP-13 of Schistosoma japonicum using a GST-peptide fusion protein microplate array

Antigen

Patients(n = 90)

Healthy controls (n = 90)

True positive

False negative

Sensitivity (%)

(95% CI)*

True negative

False positive

Specificity (%)

(95% CI)

Peptide

69

21

76.7 (68.8–84.5)

90

0

100 (100–100)

SjSP-13

83

7

92.2 (86.3–98.1)

86

4

95.6 (91.6–99.5)

  1. * χ2 = 8.289, df = 1, P = 0.004 when compared by a chi-square test
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Parasites & Vectors

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