Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Egg counts (per 10 ml of urine) for the urine samples tested, their egg count category (high > 400; medium 51–400; and very low 1–10) and their RPA results

From: Development of a recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) fluorescence assay for the detection of Schistosoma haematobium

Category	Egg count/10 ml	Urine code	RPA results
High	532	U1	+
Medium	102	U2	+
Very Low	8	U3	+
Medium	156	U4	+
High	816	U5	+
High	458	U6	+
Medium	145	U7	+
Medium	368	U8	+
High	750	U9	+
Medium	137	U10	+
High	742	U11	+
High	552	U12	+
High	926	U13	+
Medium	171	U14	+
Medium	68	U15	+
Very low	3	U16	+
Very low	1	U17	+
Very low	2	U18	?
Very low	3	U19	–
Very low	1	U20	+

Key: +, positive; –, negative; ?, cannot interpret
Notes: There were no samples in the egg count range of 11–50. The urine code corresponds to the RPA curves shown in Fig. 2

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