Table 3 Comparison of the rapid immunochromatographic test with the competitive ELISA for detecting antibodies to Babesia equi in horses and donkeys presented per country (Greece, Israel, and Italy)
Rapid immunochromatographic test results for Babesia caballi | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greece | Israel | Italy | ||||||||
Positive | Negative | Total | Positive | Negative | Total | Positive | Negative | Total | ||
cELISA test result: no. (%) | Positive | 2 (1.6) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (6.7) | 4 (3.8) | 11 (10.5) |
Negative | 3 (2.3) | 124 (96.1) | 127 (98.4) | 1 (4.8) | 20 (95.2) | 21 (100) | 10 (9.5) | 84 (80) | 94 (89.5) | |
Total | 5 (3.9) | 124 (96.1) | 129 (100) | 1 (4.8) | 20 (95.2) | 21 (100) | 17 (16.2) | 88 (83.8) | 105 (100) | |
% agreement | 97.67% | 95.23% | 86.67% | |||||||
Kappa | 0.562 | Na | 0.427 | |||||||
Sig (chi square) | 0.001 | Na | < 0.001 | |||||||