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. 2013 Jul 10;89(1):11–15. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0089

Table 2.

Test results by village from the field study in northwestern Liberia that compared the performance of the BinaxNOW Filariasis card test and the Alere Filariasis Test Strip

Village No. tested Mean age (years; range) Female (%) No. (%) of positive tests* No. (%) of invalid tests
Card test Test strip Card test Test strip
Sasanin 102 29 (6–89) 54.9 11 (10.9) 16 (16.8) 1 (1.0) 7 (6.7)
Felaloe 71 28 (6–80) 39.4 9 (12.7) 14 (20.0) 0 1 (1.4)
Sakawo 143 25 (6–70) 49.7 27 (18.9) 34 (24.5) 0 4 (2.8)
Kilima Bendu 97 26 (6–75) 47.4 26 (26.8) 27 (28.4) 0 2 (2.1)
Medikorma 106 38 (6–80) 55.7 27 (25.5) 33 (31.7) 0 2 (1.9)
Total 519 29 (6–80) 50.1 100 (19.3) 124 (24.7) 1 (0.2) 16 (3.1)
*

Percent shown only considers tests with valid results.

The first village examined.

Both tests were invalid for this sample.