From: Non-invasive surveillance for Plasmodium in reservoir macaque species
 | Number of faecal samples | PCR + in paired blood sample | 1 PCR run | 2 PCR runs | ||||
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Sensitivitya | Specificity | FNRb | Sensitivity | Specificity | FNR | |||
ssrRNA | 32 | 30 | 96.7 % (83.3–99.4 %) | 100 % | 0.03 | NA | NA | NA |
cytb-a | 64 | 34 | 29.4 % (16.8–46.2 %) | 100 % | 0.71 | 29.4 % (19.9–41.2 %) | 100 % | 0.71 |
cytb-b | 64 | 34 | 29.4 % (16.8–46.2 %) | 100 % | 0.71 | 23.5 % (14.9–35.0 %) | 100 % | 0.76 |
cytb-c | 64 | 34 | 41.2 % (26.4–57.8 %) | 100 % | 0.59 | 41.2 % (30.2–53.0 %) | 100 % | 0.59 |