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Table 2 Kappa analysis for agreement of the qPCR vs Kato-Katz methods

From: Clinical helminthiases in Thailand border regions show elevated prevalence levels using qPCR diagnostics combined with traditional microscopic methods

 

No. positive Kato-Katza

No. positive qPCRa

Kappa

T. trichiura

9

2

0.18

Hookwormb

33

23

0.53

O. viverrini

50

97

0.54

Taeniac

7

7

0.86

A. lumbricoides

12

12

0.91

  1. aFrom 567 samples
  2. bqPCR results from Ancylostoma spp. and N. americanus probes
  3. cqPCR results from T. solium and T. saginata probes
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