Table 1.

Recovery of Schistosoma japonicum eggs spiked into uninfected buffalo stool by qPCR^*

EPG†	No. samples prepared‡	Measured EPG by qPCR
		Mean ± SD	Range
1	3	0.9 ± 0.4	0.8–1.3
2	3	2.5 ± 1.0	1.6–3.8
5	5	7.5 ± 1.2	6.2–8.7
10	5	10.0 ± 2.1	7.4−13.0
20	5	20.8 ± 4.6	14.2–26.9
40	5	34.5 ± 3.8	29.0–36.4
80	5	82.2 ± 10.1	70.8–98.2

^*qPCR = quantitative polymerase chain reaction; EPG = eggs per gram (of feces).

^†EPG of purified enumerated S. japonicum eggs spiked into uninfected buffalo stool.

^‡Each sample was tested in triplicate.