Table 4.

Test agreement of FEC, KK, STS and APC techniques to detect STHs and S. mansoni against the gold standard among school children in ANRS, from October to December, 2019. (n = 520)

	Combined as a “Gold” standard
Methods	Species	Result	Pos (N)	Neg (N)	NOA	NAEC	Kappa-value; (p-value)	95% CI of kappa
					N (%)	N (%)
FEC	AL	Pos	13	0	493 (94.81)	469 (90.19)	0.471 (0.001)	0.306–0.636
		Neg	27	480
	HW	Pos	113	0	457 (87.88)	307 (59.5)	0.704 (0.001)	0.638–0.769
		Neg	63	344
	TT	Pos	3	0	519 (99.81)	513 (98.66)	0.856 (0.001)	0.578–1.00
		Neg	1	516
	STHs	Pos	127	0	435 (83.65)	284.6 (54.72)	0.639 (0.001)	0.574–0.704
		Neg	85	308
KK	AL	Pos	20	0	500 (96.15)	463.1 (89.05)	0.649 (0.001)	0.507–0.790
		Neg	20	480
	HW	Pos	98	0	442 (85.00)	312.3 (60.07)	0.624 (0.001)	0.553–0.696
		Neg	78	344
	TT	Pos	3	0	519 (99.81)	513 (98.66)	0.856 (0.001)	0.578–1.00
		Neg	1	516
	STHs	Pos	117	0	425 (81.73)	286.4 (55.08)	0.593 (0.001)	0.526–0.661
		Neg	95	308
STS	AL	Pos	32	0	512 (98.46)	452.9 (87.10)	0.881 (0.001)	0.799–0.962
		Neg	8	480
	HW	Pos	137	0	481 (92.50)	299.7 (57.64)	0.823 (0.001)	0.770–0.876)
		Neg	39	344
	TT	Pos	4	0	520 (100)	512 (98.47)	1.00 (0.001)	1.00–1.00
		Neg	0	516
	STHs	Pos	168	0	476 (91.54)	277 (53.27)	0.819 (0.001)	0.769–0.869
		Neg	44	308
APC	HW	Pos	152	0	496 (95.38)	294.9 (56.71)	0.893 (0.001)	0.852–0.935
		Neg	24	344

Note: AL A. lumbricoides, HW Hookworm, TT T. trichiura, NOA Number of observed agreements, NAEC Number of agreements expected by chance, CI confidence interval