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Table 6 Determination of the level of agreement between identification assays

From: Application of LAMP and TaqMan qPCR for the rapid diagnosis of Anaplasma Capra (an emerging tick-borne zoonotic pathogen) and comparison with Nested-PCR

Assays

Cohen’s kappa value

Level of agreement*

Nested-PCR vs. LAMP

0.58

Moderate

Nested-PCR vs. TaqMan qPCR

0.67

Substantial

LAMP vs. TaqMan qPCR

0.89

Almost perfect

  1. *Levels of agreement values; 0.00–0.20.00.20; Slight, 0.21–0.40.21.40; Fair, 0.41–0.60.41.60; Moderate, 0.61–0.80.61.80; Substantial, 0.81–1.00.81.00; Almost perfect (Landis and Koch 1977)
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