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Fig. 5 | Parasites & Vectors

Fig. 5

From: Multi-parallel qPCR provides increased sensitivity and diagnostic breadth for gastrointestinal parasites of humans: field-based inferences on the impact of mass deworming

Fig. 5

Relationship between KK and qPCR measurements and the number of A. lumbricoides worms expelled. For the set of 159 individuals who were part of the worm expulsion at baseline, their baseline average 2-stool duplicate KK result is plotted against the number of worms eventually collected from that person (Panel A). Points on the x-axis represent people who expelled worms but were negative for A. lumbricoides by KK, and points on the y-axis represent people who were positive for A. lumbricoides by KK but in whose stool worms were not found. Panel B shows the relationship between the A. lumbricoides DNA concentration calculated by qPCR and the number of expelled worms for the same set of 159 individuals

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