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. 2022 May 5;17(5):e0268045. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268045

Table 2. Sensitivity, specificity and agreement (K) for two diagnostic methods (CMPCR and qPCR) for detecting Echinococcus multilocularis in fox fecal samples compared to the SFCT—reference standard.

Index CMPCR versus SFCT (95% CI) qPCR versus SFCT (95% CI)
Sensitivity (Se) 0.21 (0.07–0.42) 0.83 (0.63–0.95)
Specificity (Sp) 1 (0.96–1) 0.97 (0.91–0.99)
Agreement (K) 0.30 (0.09–0.50) 0.82 (0.68–0.95)