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. 2018 Mar 21;145(13):1715–1722. doi: 10.1017/S003118201800029X

Table 4.

Latent class analysis (LCA) estimates of sensitivity and specificity and LCA model of prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni by school with 95% CIs for each diagnostic method

Diagnostic method Sensitivity Specificity
Kato-Katz 84.4% (76.0–92.9) 100% (NA)
Urine-CCA 99.1% (97.3–100) 89.3% (80.9–97.6)
SEA-ELISA 97.7% (95.1–100) 49.5% (39.4–59.6)
DNA-TaqMan® 90.2% (84.2–96.2) 57.5% (48.6–66.5)
School name Prevalence by LCA model
Walakuba 75.7% (62.9–88.5)
Runga 100.0% (NA)
Bugoigo 49.7% (35.0–64.5)
Biiso 27.0% (12.2–41.9)
Busingiro 9.6% (9.0–18.4)