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 tools | Sensitivity % (95% CI) | Specificity % (95% CI) | PPV % (95% CI) | NPV % (95% CI) | Diagnostic accuracy |
| TFT | 100 (98, 100) | 100 (97, 100) | 100 | 100 | 100 (99, 100) | MM | 68.7 (62, 74) | 100 (97, 100) | 100 | 65 (60, 69) | 80 (75, 84) | FEC | 44.3 (48, 50) | 100 (97, 100) | 100 | 51 (48, 54) | 65 (60, 70) | KK | 38.2 (32, 45) | 100 (97, 100) | 100 | 48 (46, 51) | 61 (56, 66) | DWMM | 37.4 (31, 44) | 100 (97, 100) | 100 | 48 (47, 51) | 60 (55, 65) |
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