Trichuris trichiura | Ascaris lumbricoides | |
---|---|---|
Total Kato-Katz thick smears read for quality control | 1,445 | 1,445 |
Positive Kato-Katz thick smears | 1,181 | 290 |
Negative Kato-Katz thick smears | 264 | 1,155 |
Percentage of positive Kato-Katz thick smears | 81.7% | 20.1% |
False-positive resultsa | 5 | 4 |
Percentage of false-positive results | 0.35% | 0.28% |
Percentage of false-positive results among negative Kato-Katz thick smears | 1.89%d | 0.35%d |
Faecal egg counts of the false-positive Kato-Katz thick smearsb | 1, 3, 4, 7, 10 | 2, 2, 2, 12 |
False-negative resultsc | 28 | 6 |
Percentage of false-negative results | 1.94% | 0.42% |
Percentage of false-negative results among positive Kato-Katz thick smears | 2.37%e | 2.07%e |
Faecal egg counts from the quality control of the false-negative Kato-Katz thick smearsb | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16 | 1, 1, 1, 1, 6, 8 |