Table 4. Sensitivity and agreement of serum PCR against microscopy and WB-based serology.

Reference method	Schistosoma serum PCR sensitivity (%)	Kappa coefficient	% Agreement	pa
Microscopy	32/34 (94.1%)	0.472	77.8	<0.0001
WB	71/98 (72.4%)	0.702	85.0	<0.0001

^ap-value, Fisher’s exact test