Prevalence and first molecular identification of Sarcocystis species in feces of domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) in Egypt

Table 2 Diagnostic performance of coproscopical analysis and PCR tool for detecting Sarcocystis stages in dog feces

Coproscopy	PCR		Sensitivity (95% C.I.)	Specificity (95% C.I.)	PPV (95% C.I.)	NNP (95% C.I.)	^K values (95% C.I.)	SE of kappa
Coproscopy	+Ve (n = 16)	-Ve (n = 14)	Sensitivity (95% C.I.)	Specificity (95% C.I.)	PPV (95% C.I.)	NNP (95% C.I.)	^K values (95% C.I.)	SE of kappa
+ Ve	4(a)	2(b)	0.250 (0.319—to 0.651)	0.857 (0.421—0.996)	0.667 (0.185 -0.946)	0.500 (0.377- 0.623)	0.103 (0.279–0.484)	0.195
- Ve	12(c)	12(d)

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