TABLE 1.
Results of the Tso31 nested-PCR assay on archived stool samples from T. solium-positive and -negative patients
| Tso31 nested PCR result |
T. solium taeniasisa
|
% Predictive value
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. positive | No. negative | Positive | Negative | |
| Positive | 31 | 0 | 100.0 | |
| Negative | 1 | 123 | 99.2 | |
a
Negative samples included 100 from a population in an area of nonendemicity, 3 positive for T. saginata, 10 positive for H. nana, and 5 positive for Diphyllobothrium. Sensitivity and specificity were 96.9% for and 100.0%, respectively.