Table 3. Sensitivities and specificities of tests in comparison to Kato Katz and LCA.
Kato Katz as Gold Standard | ||
Test Method | Sensitivity, % (CI*) | Specificity, % (CI*) |
Kato Katz | N/A | N/A |
POC-CCA | 98.27 (96.8, 99.8) | 22.73 (18.0, 27.5) |
Real-time PCR | 96.84 (94.9, 98.8) | 29.55 (24.4, 34.7) |
Latent Class Analysis | ||
Test Method | Sensitivity, % (CI*) | Specificity, % (CI*) |
Kato Katz | 89.7 (85.9, 93.5) | 72.8 (46.3, 99.4) |
POC-CCA | 99.5 (98.1, 100) | 63.4 (34.6, 92.1) |
Real-time PCR | 98.7 (96.5, 100) | 81.2 (54.7, 100) |
* Exact 95% confidence interval.