Performance Evaluation of Diagnostic Methods for Schistosoma mansoni Detection in Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 5

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

Method	Result	“Gold” standard		Kappa-value ( value)	95% CI of kappa
		Pos ()	Neg ()
FEC	Pos	43	0	0.525 (0.001)	0.428-0.623
	Neg	62	415
KK	Pos	67	0	0.738 (0.001)	0.660-0.815
	Neg	38	415
STS	Pos	85	0	0.872 (0.001)	0.817-0.926
	Neg	20	415

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