Accuracy of a new rapid diagnostic test for urinary antigen detection and assessment of drug treatment in opisthorchiasis

Table 1 Sample populations employed for diagnostic accuracy and cross-reactivity studies (group 1–2) and field testing of urinary OV-RDT (group 3)

Study population Group	Sample number	OV+	OV−	Sampling/diagnostic method	Purpose
1	493	243	250	FECT	Accuracy of OV-RDT
2	96	0	96	Helminth infections^a	Cross-reactivity studies
3	1629	866	763	Baseline and follow up post treatment	Field trial and evaluation of drug treatment

OV, Opisthorchis viverrini; OV-RDT, Opisthorchis viverrine-rapid diagnosis test; FECT, Formalin-ethyl acetate concentration technique
^aOther helminths included Strongyloides stercoralis, minute intestinal flukes (MIFs), hookworms, Taenia spp., Echinostoma sp. and Trichuris trichiura

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