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. 2015 Jun;110(4):573–576. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760150031

TABLE II. Comparison of results from the cytochrome b-polymerase chain reaction (Cytb-PCR) and real-time PCR Plasmodium detection assays using field-caught Anopheles darlingi .

  Real-time PCR positive (n) Real-time PCR negative (n) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%)
Cytb-PCR positive 1 20 3.33 93.38
Cytb-PCR negative 29 282 - -

Cohen’s kappa = -0.04; McNemar’s test χ2 =1.653, p > 0.1.