Performance comparison between microscopy versus each molecular diagnosis methods.

Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy were calculated based on the 84 isolates. The number of isolates used was 16 true positive (ranging in 1,069~285,290 paraistes/μL) and 68 true negative based on microscopic examination result.

本研究基于84株分离株（isolate）计算了灵敏度（Sensitivity）、特异度（specificity）、阳性预测值（positive predictive value）、阴性预测值（negative predictive value）及准确度（accuracy）。所用分离株包含16株真阳性样本（寄生虫载量范围为1069~285290个/μL），以及经显微镜检查结果确认的68株真阴性样本。