Table 3. Estimated test accuracies with specificities of copro-PCR alone or with purge fixed to 1.
| Test | Specificity fixed to 1 | Specific for | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) |
| ELISA | PCR | Species E.m. | 46.3 (35.5;57) | 70.3 (64.9;75.5) |
| PCR + purge | Species E.m. | 46.1 (35.4;57.2) | 70.4 (64.9;75.6) | |
| PCR | Species E.g. | 39.4 (29.4;49.4) | 68.9 (63.1;74.4) | |
| PCR + purge | Species E.g. | 39.1 (29.3;49.3) | 69 (63.1;74.6) | |
| PCR | PCR | Species E.m. | 91.4 (81.1;98.3) | 1 |
| PCR + purge | Species E.m. | 46.1 (35.4;57.2) | 1 | |
| PCR | Species E.g. | 90 (74.4;99.5) | 1 | |
| PCR + purge | Species E.g. | 84.2 869.9;94.6) | 1 | |
| Arecoline purgation | PCR | Species E.m. | 53.6 (42.6;64.6) | 99.3 (97.9;1) |
| PCR + purge | Species E.m. | 53.8 (42.7;64.6) | 1 | |
| PCR | Species E.g. | 29.9 (20.9;39.3) | 98.9 (97;99.9) | |
| PCR + purge | Species E.g. | 30.1 (21;40.2) | 1 |
Estimated test accuracies (posterior means) for E. multilocularis and E. granulosus and their 95% credibility intervals if the specificity of the copro-PCR alone or in addition to the specificity of the purge is fixed to 1.