Table 2.
Days after antiparasitic treatmenta | CoAg-ELISA resultb |
PVc (% [no. of corresponding results/total]) of: |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive |
Negative |
Failure | Cure | |||
NC | C | NC | C | |||
3 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 40 | 41.4 (12/29) | 95.2 (40/42) |
7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 80 (16/20) | 100 (50/50) |
15 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 55 | 69.6 (16/23) | 100 (55/55) |
30 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 89.5 (17/19) | 100 (62/62) |
Not all patients complied with sample collection at all times.
NC, patients who were not cured; C, cured patients.
PV, predictive value.