Table 2 Evaluated performance metric result for the AiDx assist microscope.

From: Performance evaluation of the AiDx multi-diagnostic automated microscope for the detection of schistosomiasis in Abuja, Nigeria

Conventional microscopy

Semi-automated AiDx assist (334—positive cases)

Fully automated AiDx assist (321—positive cases)

Sen (%)

Spec (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

Sen (%)

Spec (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

AiDx assist microscope

 All samples with S. haematobium infection (N = 358)

90.5

98

99

93

88

99

98

92

Low and high intensity detection by semi/fully-automated AiDx NTDx

 Low intensity infection* (N = 244)

86

–

–

–

82.4

–

–

–

 High-intensity infection (N = 114)

100

–

–

–

100

–

–

–

  1. Sen sensitivity, Spec specificity, NPV negative predictive value, PPV positive predictive value.
  2. *< 50 eggs/10mL urine.