TABLE 1.
Follow-up study performed on 59 patients with prepatent F. hepatica infection
| Mean IT ± SD (days) | No. (%) of patients positive:
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|---|---|---|---|
| For circulating antigens | For coproantigens | By stool examination | |
| 63 ± 26.6 | 17 (28.8) | 48 (81.4) | 0 (0) |
| 81 ± 28.5 | 2 (3.4) | 54 (91.5) | 19 (32.2) |
| 96 ± 34.0 | 0 (0) | 55 (93.2) | 28 (47.5) |
| 111 ± 44.4 | 0 (0) | 55 (93.2) | 37 (62.7) |
| 126 ± 52.1 | 0 (0) | 55 (93.2) | 41 (69.5) |
| 141 ± 65.6 | 0 (0) | 55 (93.2) | 59 (100.0) |