Table 1.
Cumulative percentages of CoAg-ELISA results in the follow-up of antiparasitic treatment of T. solium infection
| Days after treatment | Successful treatments (n = 64) |
Treatment failures (n = 17) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| % negative CoAg results (no. of patients with negative results/ total no.)a | 95% CI | % positive CoAg results (no. of patients with positive results/total no.)a | 95% CI | |
| 3 | 62.5 (40/64) | 50.2–73.3 | 70.6 (12/17) | 60.1–96.0 |
| 7 | 89.1 (57/64) | 79.1–94.5 | 94.1 (16/17) | 72.7–98.6 |
| 15 | 96.9 (62/64) | 89.3–99.0 | 100 (17/17) | 81.5–100 |
| 30 | 100 (64/64) | 94.5–100 | 100 (17/17) | 81.5–100 |
| 90 | 100 (64/64) | 94.5–100 | 100 (17/17) | 81.5–100 |
a
Not all patients complied with sample collection at all times. This analysis loses a total of 12 weakly positive results at day 7 (n = 1), 15 (n = 5), 30 (n = 2), and 90 (n = 4) in successful treatments and 1 negative result at day 90 in treatment failures.