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Table 2 Diagnosis data collected from relevant articles for three main parasitic diseases in China

From: Research gaps for three main tropical diseases in the People’s Republic of China

Disease

 

Immunodiagnosis method Research in field survey

Development of immunodiagnosis kit

Disease

Total

Type (n)

Sensitivity

Specificity

Population

Total

Leading research direction

Labwork

Human test (n)

Basic Science

Marketization

Malaria

26*

GICA(9)

88.4-95.5%

95.7-100%

547

35

GICA (9)

16

19

11/35

24/35

ICA(14)

74.2-98.6%

91.3-100%

938

PCR(10)

96.1-99.6%

98.8-100%

167

LAMP(2)

98.3-98.8%

100%

46

Schistosomiasis

55*

COPT(3)

90.0-91.8%

95.3-97.4%

89

52

Candidate Recombination Protein Finding (28)

41

11

44/52

8/52

DDIA(8)

75.3-97.1%

55.1-99.0%

755

DIGFA(9)

92.0-100%

92.2-97.5%

556

ELISA(25)

65.8-98.4%

51.7-100%

716

IHA(32)

69.6-97.3%

63.6-97.8%

743

PCR(4)

100%

100%

52

Others(6)

85.5-98.5%

76.3-97.0%

85

Echinococcosis

9*

IHA(4)

87.1-92.7%

69.5-91.6%

315

24

DIGFA (6)

8

16

5/24

19/24

DIGFA(2)

56.7-93.2%

79.1-95.0%

180

ELISA(8)

59.3%-91.2%

93.8-100%

289

  

Others(3)

32.5%-76.9%

41.3-81.6%

42

      
  1. Note: *More than one diagnosis method was used in one article.
  2. Abbreviation: COPT Circum oval precipitating test, DDIA Dipstick dye immuno-assay, DIGFA Dot immunogold filtration assay, ELISA Enzyme-linked immunosorbent Assay, IHA Indirect hemagglutination assay, ELIB Enzyme-linked immuno-electrotransfer blot, ICA immunochromatographic, GICA Gold immunochromatography assay, LAMP Loop-medicated isothermal amplification.