Table 4.
Sensitivity and specificity of Diagnostic techniques
| Microscopy | Total number | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | |||
| ELISA (reference method) | Positive | 258 (TP) | 06 (FN) | 264 TInfected |
| Negative | 00 (FP) | 904 (TN) | 904 TUninfected | |
| Total Number | 258 TTest Positive | 910 TTest Negative | 1168 Total Number | |
| Sensitivity (%) [95% CI] |
97.73% 95.12–99.16% |
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| Specificity (%) [95% CI] | 100.00% (99.59–100.00%) | |||
| Negative predictive value (%) [95% CI] | 99.34% 98.56–99.70% | |||
| Positive predictive value (%) [95% CI] | 100.00% | |||
TP positive in both microscopy and ELISA; FP positive in microscopy but not in ELISA; FN negative in microscopy but positive in ELISA; TN negative in both ELISA and microscopy