Development and Evaluation of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni Infection in Faecal Samples

Table 2

Contingency table comparing LAMP technique with microscopy-based Kato Katz.

		Kato-Katz (gold standard)
		+ve	-ve	Totals
LAMP	+ve	171	0	171
	-ve	5	207	212
Totals		176	207	383

Kappa Coefficient: 0.9. Given by (K= (OA-AC) / (1-AC).