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Table 2 Average weight of stool produced by Kato-Katz templates from different providers. Arithmetic mean (AM) weight and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) of stool remaining on the microscope slide after removal of the Kato-Katz templates from Vestergaard Frandsen and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC)

From: Assessing stool quantities generated by three specific Kato-Katz thick smear templates employed in different settings

Template

Weight of stool remaining on the slide

 

AM mg

(95 % CI)

Vestergaard Frandsen

40.7

(40.0–41.4)

New China CDC

40.3

(39.7–40.9)

Old China CDC

42.8

(42.2–43.3)