Table 4 Effect of multiple infections on the performance of Mini Parasep SF kit (stool kit), formalin-ethyl acetate concentration technique (FECT) and Kato-Katz (KK) method
Infection category | No. positive (%) | P-values from McNemar’s test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stool kit | FECT | KK | Stool kit vs FECT | Stool kit vs KK | FECT vs KK | |
Single infection | 41 (27.3) | 40 (26.7) | 43 (28.7) | 1.000 | 0.880 | 0.749 |
Double infection | 16 (10.7) | 16 (10.7) | 3 (2.0) | 1.000 | 0.002* | 0.002* |
Multiple infection | 3 (2.0) | 5 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0.688 | 0.250 | 0.063 |