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. 2023 May 17;17(5):e0010849. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010849

Table 5. Diagnostic performance between schistosomiasis rapid diagnostic tests and microscopy.

RDTs (trace positive)
Detected Not detected Expected agreement Observed agreement Kappa statistic a p-value
S. mansoni
Microscopy 75.7% 77.1% 0.058 <0.001
    Detected 71/1,564 33/5,098
    Not detected 1,493/1,564 5,065/5,098
S. haematobium
Microscopy 89.0% 90.5% 0.13 <0.001
    Detected 56/665 20/5,918
    Not detected 609/665 5,898/5,918
RDTs (trace negative)
Detected Not detected Expected agreement Observed agreement Kappa statistic a p-value
S. mansoni
Microscopy 90.6% 92.3% 0.18 <0.001
    Detected 65/538 39/6,124
    Not detected 473/538 6,085/6,124
S. haematobium
Microscopy 94.0% 95.2% 0.19 <0.001
    Detected 42/326 34/6,257
    Not detected 284/326 6,223/6,257

aKappa agreement classification: ≤0.20 = poor; 0.21–0.40 = fair; 0.41–0.60 = moderate; 0.61–0.80 = good; 0.81–1.00 = very good. RDTs = rapid diagnostic tests.