Table 1. Estimated test accuracies for E. multilocularis and E. granulosus.
Test | Specific for | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) |
ELISA | Species E.m. | 55 (40.8;68.9) | 70.6 (65.3;76.7) |
Species E.g. | 56.9 (40;73) | 69.3 (64.1;74.3) | |
Genus Echinococcus | 55.7 (44.6;66.6) | 73.7 (68;79) | |
PCR | Species E.m. | 89.2 (78.9;96.3) | 92.8 (88.2;97.9) |
Species E.g. | 83.8 (69.1;94.3) | 82.9 (78.3;87.2) | |
Arecoline purgation | Species E.m. | 75.8 (54.9;94.2) | 1 |
Species E.g. | 55 (40.8;68.9) | 1 |
Estimated test accuracies (posterior means) for E. multilocularis and E. granulosus and their 95% credibility intervals in the final model with Taenia co-infection as a covariate on prevalence.