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Table 3 Comparison of the Kato-Katz and qPCR methods for diagnosis of A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura

From: High prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Myanmar schoolchildren

 

A. lumbricoides

 

T. trichiura

 

Positive qPCR

Negative qPCR

Total

 

Positive qPCR

Negative qPCR

Total

Positive KK

30

11

41

 

49

20

69

Negative KK

115

108

223

 

128

67

195

Total

145

119

264

 

177

87

264