Research Article

Evaluation of Hookworm Diagnosis Techniques from Patients in Debre Elias and Sanja Districts of the Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Table 2

Performance of hookworm diagnosis techniques compared to CRS.

Diagnosis toolsSensitivity
% (95% CI)
Specificity
% (95% CI)
PPV
% (95% CI)
NPV
% (95% CI)
Diagnostic accuracy

TFT100 (98, 100)100 (97, 100)100100100 (99, 100)
MM68.7 (62, 74)100 (97, 100)10065 (60, 69)80 (75, 84)
FEC44.3 (48, 50)100 (97, 100)10051 (48, 54)65 (60, 70)
KK38.2 (32, 45)100 (97, 100)10048 (46, 51)61 (56, 66)
DWMM37.4 (31, 44)100 (97, 100)10048 (47, 51)60 (55, 65)