Table 2. Estimated test accuracies with different cut-offs of the arecoline purgation.
| Test | Cut-off | Specific for | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) |
| ELISA | ≥20 | Species E.m. | 65.1 (48;80.6) | 70.5 (65.3;75.5) |
| ≥100 | Species E.m. | 64.2 (45.4;81.2 | 69.9 (64.7;75) | |
| ≥20 | Species E.g. | 67.2 (46.3;84.8) | 69.7 (64.5;74.9) | |
| ≥100 | Species E.g. | 74.3 (48.3;93.5) | 69.5 (64.2;74.9) | |
| PCR | ≥20 | Species E.m. | 86.3 (72.1;96) | 87.6 (83.1;92.1) |
| ≥100 | Species E.m. | 82.3 (64.7;94.7) | 86.2 (81.4;91.1) | |
| ≥20 | Species E.g. | 83.3 (63.7;96.2) | 81.5 (76.6;86.1) | |
| ≥100 | Species E.g. | 79.3 (51.3;97) | 80 (75;84.8) | |
| Arecoline purgation | ≥20 | Species E.m. | 70.5 (46.6;92.5) | 1 |
| ≥100 | Species E.m. | 61.2 (35.2;88.1) | 1 | |
| ≥20 | Species E.g. | 61.9 (33.9;94.6) | 1 | |
| ≥100 | Species E.g. | 42.2 (14.9;88.1) | 1 |
Estimated test accuracies (posterior means) for E. multilocularis and E. granulosus and their 95% credibility intervals with different cut-offs of the arecoline purgation for being classified as positive (at least 20 or 100 parasites).