Phylogenetic, molecular, and microscopic investigation of Linguatula serrata infection in stray and road-killed dogs in Northwest Iran

Table 2 The results of Kappa in two tests

	Number of infected and/or uninfected dogs
Road killed dogs	n₁n₁	n₀n₀	n₁n₀	n₀n₁	Kappa
Microscopy fecal versus PCR fecal	29	41	0	30	0.44
Microscopy nasal secretion versus PCR nasal	14	61	0	25	0.41
Microscopy fecal versus Autopsy	9	34	20	37	−0.16
Microscopy nasal secretion versus Autopsy	2	42	12	40	−0.09
PCR nasal secretion versus Autopsy	38	48	6	8	0.6*
PCR fecal versus Autopsy	34	29	25	12	0.27
Stray dogs
Microscopy fecal versus PCR fecal	50	57	20	23	0.30
Microscopy nasal secretion versus PCR nasal	35	81	4	30	0.52

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