Table 3 Comparative evaluation of the POC-CCA and the Kato-Katz parasitological examination for the diagnosis of S. mansoni infection
Diagnostic technique | Kato-Katz stool examination | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-treatment | Post-treatment | Overall | ||||||||
Positive | Negative | Total | Positive | Negative | Total | Positive | Negative | Total | ||
POC-CCA urine examination | Positive | 60 | 419 | 479 | 20 | 363 | 383 | 80 | 782 | 862 |
Negative | 27 | 1255 | 1282 | 7 | 1409 | 1416 | 34 | 2664 | 2698 | |
Total | 87 | 1674 | 1761 | 27 | 1772 | 1799 | 114 | 3446 | 3560 | |