Table 3:
Contingency table of the positive-negative results for Campylobacter spp. obtained by culture and qPCR of the chicken meat samples from Peruvian traditional markets in the evaluated regions.
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| qPCR | Positive | Negative | |
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| Positive | 25 | 43 | 68 |
| Negative | 0 | 22 | 22 |
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| Total | 25 | 65 | |
Parameters of qPCR for diagnosis of positive samples (using culture as gold standard): 100% sensitivity, 34% specificity, 37% positive predictive value, and 100% negative predictive value.