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Table 2 Circulating filarial antigenemia test results by age as assessed in Sri Lanka and Indonesia

From: A comparison of two tests for filarial antigenemia in areas in Sri Lanka and Indonesia with low-level persistence of lymphatic filariasis following mass drug administration

 

Sri Lanka

Indonesia

Age (years)

Test Strip

Card Test

Test Strip

Card Test

 

POS / total

% (95 CI)

POS / total

% (95 CI)

POS / total

% (95 CI)

POS / total

% (95 CI)

<11

1/53

1.9 (0.3–9.9)

0/53

0.0 (0–6.9)

12/353

3.4 (1.9–5.8)

11/353

3.1 (1.7–5.4)

11–20

4/172

2.3 (0.9–5.8)

0/172

0.0 (0–2.2)

8/126

6.3 (3.2–12.0)

5/126

4.0 (1.7–8.9)

21–30

6/125

4.8 (2.2–10.1)

4/125

3.2 (1.3–7.9)

10/75

13.3 (7.4–22.8)

8/75

10.7 (5.5–19.6)

31–40

9/154

5.8 (3.1–10.7)

4/154

2.6 (1.0–6.5)

9/88

10.2 (5.4–18.3)

7/88

8.0 (3.9–15.5)

41–50

5/142

3.5 (1.5–8.0)

2/142

1.4 (0.4–5.0)

2/70

2.9 (0.8–9.83)

2/70

2.9 (0.8–9.83)

51–60

8/113

7.1 (3.6–13.4)

4/113

3.5 (1.4–8.8)

8/53

15.1 (7.8–27.5)

7/53

13.2 (6.5–24.8)

≥61

10/93

10.8 (5.9–18.7)

4/93

4.3 (1.7–10.5)

1/13

7.7 (1.4–33.3)

1/13

7.7 (1.4–33.3)

Total

43/852

5.0 (3.7–6.7)

18/852

2.1 (1.3–3.3)

50/778

6.4 (4.9–8.3)

41/778

5.3 (3.9–7.0)