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Table 3 Performance of the real-time PCR technique compared to microscopy

From: Molecular diagnosis of urogenital schistosomiasis in pre-school children, school-aged children and women of reproductive age at community level in central Senegal

Real-time PCR

Microscopy

Positive

Negative

Total

Sensitivity [95% CI]

Specificity [95% CI]

VPP [95% CI]

VPN [95% CI]

Kappa

Youden

Positive

86

62

148

98.9 [97.8–99.9]

81.8 [78.2–85.5]

58.1 [54.4–62.8]

99.6 [99.1–100.2]

0,64

0,58

Negative

1

279

280

      

Total

87

341

428

      
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Parasites & Vectors

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