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. 2025 Feb 9;18:47. doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06644-4

Table 2.

Comparison of the efficacy of different methods for the detection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis

PCR Sensitivity Specificity Positive
Predictive value
Negative
Predictive value
Kappa
+
Lung microscopy
 + 99 3 88.39% 98.73% 97.06% 94.72% 0.97
 − 13 233
AcanITS1 qPCR
 + 109 24 97.32% 89.83% 81.95% 98.60% 0.94
 − 3 212
Combined test
 + 110 24 98.21% 89.83% 82.09% 99.07% 0.94
2 212

+, positive; −, negative