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Table 2

Comparison of sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of Toxo-ISAGA IgM® and ELISA techniques (Liaison Toxo IgM®, Architect/Alinity®, Vidas Toxo IgM®, Platelia Toxo IgM®) on the same groups of adult sera.

Assay (number of sera) Sensitivity % [95% CI]
Specificity % [95% CI]
Accuracy %
P value
Borderline values considered positive Borderline values considered negative Borderline values considered positive Borderline values considered negative Borderline values considered positive Borderline values considered negative Borderline values considered positive Borderline values considered negative
Toxo-ISAGA IgM® (n = 884) 97.9% [92.7–99.6] 94.8% [88.4–97.8] 90.1% [87.8–92.0] 78.7% [75.7–81.4] 80.8% 90.6%
Liaison Toxo IgM® (n = 884) 90.6% [83.1–95.0] 84.4% [75.8–90.3] 95.2% [93.5–96.5] 91.2% [89.0–93-0] 91.2% 94.0% <0.0001 <0.0001
Toxo-ISAGA IgM® (n = 413) 100% [92.4–100] 93.6% [82.8–97.8] 70.2% [65.3–74.7] 85.8% [81.8–89.0] 73.6% 86.7%
Architect/Alinity® (n = 413) 95.7% [85.5–99.2] 91.5% [80.0–96.6] 60.4% [55.3–65.3] 66.4% [61.4–71.0] 64.4% 69.3% <0.0001 <0.0001
Toxo-ISAGA IgM® (n = 78) 100% [74.1–100] 100% [74.1–100] 55.2% [43.4–66.5] 71.6% [59.9–81.0] 61.5% 75.6%
Vidas Toxo IgM® (n = 78) 81.8% [52.3–96.8] 63.6% [35.4–84.8] 71.6% [59.9–81.0] 76.1% [64.7–84.7] 73.1% 74.4% 0.0012 0.0126
Toxo-ISAGA IgM® (n = 59) 100% [82.4–100] 100% [82.4–100] 39.0% [25.7–54.3] 43.9% [29.9–59.0] 57.6% 61.0%
Platelia Toxo IgM® (n = 59) 94.4% [74.2–99.7] 88.9% [67.2–98.0] 24.4% [13.8–39.3] 26.8% [15.7–41.9] 45.8% 45.8% 0.1464 0.3068

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